Defence: Finance
2026-06-16 · Cabinet Office · 10654 · Official question
Question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026, to Question 3895, on National Security: Finance, whether there are additional NATO (a) definitions and (b) guidance on applicable spend within the 1.5% of GDP for the UK to
Answer
At the NATO Summit in June 2025, Allies made a commitment to investing 5% of GDP annually on core defence requirements and defence and security related spending by 2035.NATO defines defence and security related spending as, ‘inter alia’, spending to prote...