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Question follow-through · 20117

Defence Equipment: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) weapons, (b) ammunition and (c) armoured fighting vehicles in (i) 2022/2023 and (ii) 2023/24; and what estimate he has made of such spending in 2024/25.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
13 Dec 2024
Target answer date
17 Dec 2024
Answer
19 Dec 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) weapons, (b) ammunition and (c) armoured fighting vehicles in (i) 2022/2023 and (ii) 2023/24; and what estimate he has made of such spending in 2024/25.

  2. 17 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    This information is not held centrally and therefore it has not been possible to provide the answer within the allotted time frame. I will write to the hon. Member with an update in due course and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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