Oral Question·Treasury
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 2 April 2025Answered: 8 April 2025
Asked by
Dr Allison Gardner
Labour — Stoke-on-Trent South
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
Darren Jones
Yes, and I congratulate my hon. Friend on championing jobs and businesses in her constituency. As she knows, the Prime Minister and the Chancellor have confirmed that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 and that a minimum of 10% of the Ministry of Defence equipment budget will now be spent on novel technologies such as drones and artificial intelligence, which will create highly skilled jobs and drive benefits to the wider economy, including in her constituency of Stoke-on-Trent South.