Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 60857
Defence: Finance
Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 30 June 2025
Question
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of defence budgets in the last 10 years.
Answer
Maria EagleThe recent increase in defence spending is the largest sustained increase since the end of the Cold War. The Government is firmly committed to increasing defence spending to reach 2.6% of GDP by 2027 and has set an ambition to reach 3%in the next Parliame...
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