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Defence: Finance

Asked by Sir Mel StrideConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 11 March 2025UIN 34809

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s oral statement on Defence and Security of 25 February 2025, Official Report, column 631, what the level of defence spending was due to be in the 2027-28 financial year prior to

Answered by Darren Jones

Departmental budgets from 2026-27 to 2028-29 will be determined as part of the ongoing Spending Review, details of which will be announced on 11 June 2025.

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