Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 36105

Intelligence Services: Finance

Tabled: 6 March 2025

Answered: 11 March 2025

Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33516 on Defence: Finance, whether his plan to spend 2.5% of GDP on defence expenditure in the 2026-27 financial year includes expenditure on the intelligence an

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Prime Minister has announced that the definition of defence spending will be updated to recognise what our security and intelligence agencies do to boost our security, as well as our military. That, combined with the increase to defence spending, will...

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