Defence: Expenditure
(asked on 29th August 2025) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the payment of armed forces pensions counts towards the 5% NATO defence spending target.
This question was answered on 8th September 2025
In line with the current NATO definition, spend on armed forces pensions is already included as part of core defence spending. This will continue to be the case against the 5% defence spending target.