Defence: Public Expenditure
(asked on 7th March 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to HM Treasury's press release entitled Chancellor delivers lower taxes, more investment and better public services in Budget for Long Term Growth, published on 6 March 2024, how much of the £11 billion in defence spending will be available in each financial year.
This question was answered on 13th March 2024
In the 2023 Spring Budget, the Chancellor announced a further £11 billion package of funding for the Ministry of Defence, with an additional £2 billion in 2023-24, £3 billion in 2024-25 and £2 billion per annum to 2027-28.