Oral Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
“What steps his Department is taking to ensure an equitable distribution of funding to local authorities.”
Tabled: 22 January 2019Answered: 28 January 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
Answer from Hansard
The Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Dan Jarvis)
In the national security strategy, the Government made an historic commitment to spend 5% of our GDP on national security by 2025. That includes funding to protect critical infrastructure, ensure civil preparedness and resilience, unleash innovation and strengthen our defence industrial base. We are currently working through proposals for the UK to meet the 1.5% NATO commitment, and we will set out our detailed plans in due course.