Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“What discussions he has had with the Chancellor of Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of 5 per cent of GDP on defence expenditure.”
Tabled: 9 December 2025Answered: 15 December 2025
Asked by
Peter Fortune
Conservative — Bromley and Biggin Hill
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Defence (John Healey)
This summer, the UK joined all other 31 NATO nations in agreeing the new NATO benchmark of 5% spending on national security by 2035. That followed this Government’s announcement of the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the cold war.