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National Security: Finance

Asked by David ReedConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 22 July 2026UIN 16361

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department is using of expenditure that qualifies as resilience and security spending for the purposes of the Government's commitment to spend 1.5% of GDP on this by 2035.

Answered by Luke Pollard

I refer the hon. Member to the response my Rt Hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury provided to Question 17649 of 9 July 2026. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17649

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