Written Question·Treasury·UIN 95830
Defence: Finance
Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 4 December 2025
Named DayQuestion
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of the additional £32 billion required to meet the pledge to spend 3.5% of GDP identified by the Office for Budget Responsibility in its 2025 Economic Financial Outlook.
Answer
James MurrayWe are set to spend 2.6 percent of GDP on defence spending in 2027, with an ambition to spend 3 percent of GDP on defence next Parliament when economic and fiscal conditions allow. The Government is also committed to hitting a headline ambition of 5 perce...
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