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Armed Forces: Security

Commons · Question 33438 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve military security.

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 5 Mar 2025

This Government announced the biggest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War, reaching 2.5% of GDP from April 2027, and setting a clear ambition for defence spending to rise to 3% in the next Parliament. The Strategic Defence...