Question follow-through · 41397
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 1.2.of the Office for Budget Responsibility's report entitled Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published on 26 March 2025, what assessment he has made of the (a) affordability and (b) achi
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 1.2.of the Office for Budget Responsibility's report entitled Economic and Fiscal Outlook, published on 26 March 2025, what assessment he has made of the (a) affordability and (b) achi
31 Mar 2025
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1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP in 2027, with an ambition to increase to 3% in the next Parliament as fiscal and economic conditions allow. The increase to defence spending is fully funded. ODA is being reduced to...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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