United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 122516
Defence: Finance
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20 March 2026
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7 April 2026 · Answer
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7 April 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to announce his plans to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP (a) before or (b) after the next NATO threat and capability review.
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20 March 2026
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to announce his plans to increase defence spending to 3% of GDP (a) before or (b) after the next NATO threat and capability review.
Source: Commons
7 April 2026
Answer
The Government has already committed to spending 3% of GDP in the next parliament, when fiscal and economic conditions allow. Furthermore, in June last year the UK made a historic commitment to spend 5% of GDP on core defence and national security by 2035...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-03-20/122516
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1893443
- uk · wq-1893443 · source updated 7 April 2026