Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 908286

Defence and National Security: Finance

Tabled: 10 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Sir Edward Leigh

ConservativeGainsborough

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of Exchequer on meeting the NATO target of spending five per cent of GDP on defence and national security.

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Ministry of Defence remains in close contact with His Majesty's Treasury and No.10 at all levels of the Department on defence spending. This Government has committed to deliver the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold War. In ...

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