Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 11 November 2024 to the urgent question on Defence: 2.5% GDP Spending Commitment, Official Report, column 508, what the outcome was of the NATO test he conducted.

We conducted a NATO Test in the first 100 days of this Government and was completed in October 2024. The Honourable Gentleman will understand that detail is classified, but it offered a clear assessment of how well the UK currently meets NATO’s ask on defence as inherited by this Government, following the General Election. The outcomes were fed into the Strategic Defence Review which will ensure that we have a NATO-first policy at the heart of Britain’s defence plans for the future.