Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2025 to Question 59818 on Defence: Public Expenditure, what percentage of GDP will be spent on (a) NATO-qualifying defence spending and (b) the Ministry of Defence budget in each of the financial years (i) 2026-27, (ii) 2027-28, (iii) 2028-29, (iv) 2029-30 and (v) 2030-31, to two decimal places.

This Government is increasing defence spending. We have ended the hollowing out and underfunding of our Armed Forces that we inherited.

The Defence Investment Plan confirmed that UK NATO-qualifying defence spending will reach 2.6% of GDP in 2026-27 and 2.7% of GDP in 2027-28, 2028-29 and 2029-30.

At the Budget, the Chancellor committed to setting a target for defence spending to reach 3% of GDP by 2030, and we are committed to fully funding the Defence Investment Plan and meeting our NATO commitment of 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035.