Defence: Finance
Commons · Question 95830 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
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
Answered by James Murray, 4 Dec 2025
We 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...