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Defence: Expenditure

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 27 March 2026UIN 117803

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 110439 on Defence: Expenditure, what elements of the 2.6% of GDP spent on Defence in 2027 will not be spent on the MOD budget.

Answered by Luke Pollard

Defence Expenditure is defined by NATO.

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