Written Question·Treasury·UIN 75705
Defence: Finance
Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department to ensure that 5% of GDP is spent on defence before 2035.
Answer
James MurrayAt the Spending Review, we set budgets taking ‘core’ defence spending to 2.6% by 2027; next Parliament we have an ambition to reach 3% when fiscal and economic conditions allow. Additionally, under the new NATO Defence Investment Pledge, the government ha...
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