Question follow-through · 33653
Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, from which financial year will the proposed cuts to offici
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 10 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 25 February 2025 on Defence and Security, Official Report, from which financial year will the proposed cuts to offici
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
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10 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Prime Minister announced in Parliament on 25 February that he is bringing forward the UK commitment to reach 2.5 per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defence spending by 2027. On top of the 2.5 per cent, an extra 0.1 per cent in security servic...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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