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Defence: Finance

Asked by Nick SmithLabourWales OfficeTabled Answered 29 October 2025UIN 905999

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased defence spending on Wales.

Answered by Jo Stevens

The Defence Industrial Strategy will ensure that defence is an engine for growth across the UK, including Wales.

Wales’s thriving defence sector will benefit from its own Defence Growth Deal backed by a share of £250m.

The deal will harness Wales’s strengths in autonomy and aerospace, unlocking growth, innovation, and jobs across defence and the wider advanced manufacturing sector.

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