Question follow-through · 33393
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, on what percentage of economic growth in the economy is the increase in Defence spending based.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, on what percentage of economic growth in the economy is the increase in Defence spending based.
3 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Mar 2025
Answer published
The increase in defence spending is based on OBR forecasts of GDP growth. Further detail will be made available on 26 March alongside the OBR’s next forecast in the usual way.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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