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Question follow-through · 22961

Defence: Expenditure

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in borrowing costs on the Government's capacity to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP expenditure.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
9 Jan 2025
Target answer date
14 Jan 2025
Answer
14 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent trends in borrowing costs on the Government's capacity to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP expenditure.

  2. 14 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 14 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    This government is fully committed to economic stability and sound public finances. That is why the Chancellor has made clear that meeting the fiscal rules is non-negotiable. Economic stability is one of the foundations that underpins the Prime Minister's...

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