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Hybrid Warfare: Expenditure

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 73964

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Defence Procurement and Industry to the hon. Member for South Suffolk of 29 July 2025, how much of the stated NATO-qualifying expenditure will be spent on hybrid

Answered by Maria Eagle

The Department’s spending plans will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan, which will be published in the autumn. The share of this spending that relates to individual categories of spend will be considered as part of future returns to NATO.

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