Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's spending projections are for (a) the armed forces, (b) pensions for military and civilian personnel, (c) peacekeeping, (d) research and development, (e) military aspects of mixed-civilian military activities, (f) financial assistance to support the defence of an ally and (g) expenditure towards NATO common infrastructure, as a proportion of GDP in each year until 2032.

An indicative breakdown of Defence's spend can be found in previous years' Annual Reports and Accounts, which are published annually. Except in specific circumstances, for example in our projections to NATO or under our transparency commitments in the Equipment Plan, the Department does not release cost projections into the public domain, as these have the potential to undermine the effective running of the Ministry of Defence, and has implications for its commercial negotiations.