Written Question·Treasury·UIN 23832
Defence: Expenditure
Tabled: 26 April 2024
Answered: 1 May 2024
Named DayQuestion
John Healey
Labour — Rawmarsh and Conisbrough
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s defence speech in Warsaw of 23 April 2024, whether the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030 has been incorporated into his Department's baselin
Answer
Laura TrottWe have made a commitment to steadily increase defence spending, reaching 2.5% of GDP in 2030. We have also set out how we are fully funding this increase in defence spending. We will set departmental budgets in the normal way at the next spending review.
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