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Defence: Finance

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 67927

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July to Question 66218 on Defence: Finance, whether all of the £5.1 billion stated under the column for 2027/28 as the Single Intelligence Account budget, in Table 5.1 of the document referred to, will be included in the defence budget from 2027.

Answered by Darren Jones

I direct the Hon. Member to my answer to question 66218, which sets out that the Single Intelligence Account budget is not being added to the defence budget.

However in 2027/28, the Single Intelligence Account budget will counted as NATO qualifying defence spending.

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