United Kingdom · Question · Written question
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
Summary
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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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
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 ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-08/75851
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1833338
- uk · wq-1833338 · source updated 11 September 2025