Written Question·Treasury·UIN 56143

Defence: Finance

Tabled: 2 June 2025
Answered: 10 June 2025

Question

Ms Diane Abbott

IndependentHackney North and Stoke Newington

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the aid budget to the defence budget.

Answer

Darren Jones
In February this year, the Prime Minister announced that NATO qualifying defence spending will increase to 2.5% GDP by 2027-28. It will be fully funded by reducing Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5% to 0.3% GNI by the same year. Further detai...

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