Defence: Finance

(asked on 2nd July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether she has plans to increase defence spending in the next three years.


Answered by
Penny Mordaunt Portrait
Penny Mordaunt
Lord President of the Council and Leader of the House of Commons
This question was answered on 9th July 2019

Future spending plans will be agreed at the next Spending Review.

The first duty of any Government is the safety and security of the British people at home and abroad. That is why we have committed to spending at least 2% of our GDP on Defence every year of this Parliament.

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