Defence: Finance
Commons · Question 95838 · Tabled 1 Dec 2025 · Treasury · Official record
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to announce how her Department will move to a) 3.0% of GDP and b) 3.5% of GDP on defence spending.
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...