Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 33523

Defence: Finance

Tabled: 25 February 2025

Answered: 5 March 2025

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost to the public purse of the increase in defence

Answer

Luke Pollard

The announced pathway to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence by 2027 has not changed the Ministry of Defence's budgets for 2024-25 and 2025-26 as set out in the Autumn Budget.His Majesty's Treasury is currently undertaking the second phase of the Spending Rev...

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