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Defence: Expenditure

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 73969

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money attributed to the Single Intelligence Account was included in UK NATO qualifying defence expenditure in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.

Answered by Luke Pollard

In line with all other NATO members, it is UK Government policy that we do not release individual elements of our NATO return publicly.

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