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Defence: Finance

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeTreasuryTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 95420

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Oral Statement on 26 March 2025 entitled Spring Statement, Official Report, whether it remains government policy to spend 3% of GDP on defence in the next Parliament.

Answered by James Murray

The Government’s ambition remains to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence when economic and fiscal conditions allow.

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