Defence: Finance
2026-07-08 · Treasury · 17488 · Official question
Question
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the implications for the UK's NATO commitments of current planned levels of defence expenditure.
Answer
The Defence Investment Plan is backed by nearly £300bn of investment of the next four years, meaning the UK will now spend 2.7% of GDP on core NATO defence spending by 2027-28. Funding and plans for increasing defence spending to 3% of GDP in the next Par...