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Great British Energy: Finance

Asked by Harriet CrossConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 11 September 2025UIN 75852

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £8.3 billion allocated to Great British Energy and its nuclear body will be classified separately from defence expenditure in meeting the Government's commitment to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence b

Answered by James Murray

The £8.3bn allocated to Great British Energy and its nuclear body is not included in the Government's commitment announced in February to spend 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence expenditure by 2027.

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