National Security: Expenditure
Commons · Question 125347 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Cabinet Office · Official record
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what his planned timetable is for determining the spending that will count towards the 1.5% of GDP to be spent on resilience and security.
Answer
Answered by Dan Jarvis, 15 Apr 2026
NATO has already agreed the definition of 1.5% as spend “to inter alia protect critical infrastructure, defend networks, ensure civil preparedness and resilience, innovate, and strengthen the defence industrial base”. Officials are currently working throu...