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UIN 75851

Defence: Expenditure

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8 September 2025

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11 September 2025 · Answer

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11 September 2025

Defence

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's assessment of what constitutes NATO qualifying defence expenditure includes investment in (a) energy infrastructure and (b) energy security projects such as Great British Energy.

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  1. 8 September 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's assessment of what constitutes NATO qualifying defence expenditure includes investment in (a) energy infrastructure and (b) energy security projects such as Great British Energy.

    Source: Commons

  2. 11 September 2025

    Answer

    Spend on energy infrastructure and energy security projects does not constitute NATO qualifying core defence spend.The Government has long argued that investment in things like energy security is vital to national security and this will be considered for ...

    Source: Written answer

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