Defence: Finance
Commons · Question 75705 · Tabled 8 Sep 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department to ensure that 5% of GDP is spent on defence before 2035.
Answer
Answered by James Murray, 16 Sep 2025
At 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...