Defence: Finance

(asked on 11th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to clause 5.59 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, if she will state for each year of the spending review the financial quantum of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's non-ODA budget accounted for by the portion of this funding which will contribute to the UK’s NATO-attributed defence spending, including FCDO-led programming in partnership with the Ministry of Defence and the Intelligence Community to counter (a) cyber attacks, (b) election interference, (c) disinformation and (d) other threats to stability.


Answered by
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 16th June 2025

Elements of FCDO’s programming budget will be evaluated for NATO eligibility in line with the NATO qualifying criteria.

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