Question follow-through · 33957
Defence: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic assumptions her Department has used to calculate the proposed increase in defence spending of £13.4bn by 2027.
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 26 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- 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
26 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what economic assumptions her Department has used to calculate the proposed increase in defence spending of £13.4bn by 2027.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Mar 2025
Answer published
Economic assumptions are based on independent forecasts provided by the OBR, under the Charter of Budget Responsibility. The next forecast will become available at the Spring Statement on 26 March in the usual way.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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