United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 41493
Defence: Finance
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26 March 2025
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1 April 2025 · Answer
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1 April 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025, whether the £13.4 billion increase in defence spending announced by the Prime Minister on 25 February 2025 will go ahead.
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26 March 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025, whether the £13.4 billion increase in defence spending announced by the Prime Minister on 25 February 2025 will go ahead.
Source: Commons
1 April 2025
Answer
The Government has set out its clear commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP in 2027, and to 3% of GDP in the next parliament as fiscal and economic conditions allow. When the Prime Minister announced the uplift to 2.5%, he was clear that c...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-03-26/41493
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1788884
- uk · wq-1788884 · source updated 1 April 2025