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Defence: Expenditure

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 15 July 2025UIN 66590

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65293 on Defence: Finance, if she will publish the percentage of GDP spent on defence for each financial year since 2018/2019.

Answered by Darren Jones

Historic NATO qualifying defence spend as a percentage of GDP is published on the NATO website: 240617-def-exp-2024-en.pdf

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