Defence: Expenditure
Commons · Question 116040 · Tabled 25 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was a) overall and b) core spending on defence in each of the last ten years.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 10 Mar 2026
The UK's defence spending is reported to and published by NATO. The figures requested can be found online: https://www.nato.int/content/dam/nato/webready/documents/finance/def-exp-2025-en.pdf