Question follow-through · 135
Defence: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on economic growth.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 17 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 24 Jul 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of his timetable for reaching 2.5% GDP of expenditure on defence on economic growth.
22 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jul 2024
Answer published
The Government is fully committed to spending 2.5% of GDP on defence as soon as possible. The Government will set out a clear path to 2.5% at a future fiscal event. The Government will deliver a programme for defence which is affordable and provides the c...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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