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Defence and Security: Finance

Asked by Ben Obese-JectyConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 17 June 2025UIN 59155

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review 2025. published on 11 June 2025, what proportion of the of GDP announced for defence and security spending is to be spent on (a) defence and (b) security.

Answered by Darren Jones

The Prime Minister announced in February that total NATO qualifying defence spending will rise to 2.6% GDP by 2027. The NATO definitions pertain to defence spending; there is no definition of security spending.

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