Defence: Expenditure
Lords · Question HL7898 · Tabled 2 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Lord Birt
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the total annual expenditure on defence by (1) the UK and EU countries combined, and (2) Russia.
Answer
Answered by Lord Coaker, 16 Jun 2025
The UK Ministry of Defence has no way of verifying other countries' defence expenditure figures, nor does it endorse any specific publication.However, based on the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute figures, the UK and EU's total defence exp...