Defence: Finance

(asked on 22nd April 2026) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Q13 of the oral evidence given by the Prime Minister to the Liaison Committee on 23 March 2026, HC 1770, if she will set out a funding plan to spend 3% of GDP on defence before the next Parliament.


Answered by
James Murray Portrait
James Murray
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 29th April 2026

The Government has set an ambition to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence next Parliament, when economic and fiscal conditions allow. Departmental budgets have been set for the Spending Review period, and will be reviewed at Spending Review 2027.

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