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Defence: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025, whether the £13.4 billion increase in defence spending announced by the Prime Minister on 25 February 2025 will go ahead.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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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

  1. 26 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Spring Statement on 26 March 2025, whether the £13.4 billion increase in defence spending announced by the Prime Minister on 25 February 2025 will go ahead.

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 1 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has set out its clear commitment to increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP in 2027, and to 3% of GDP in the next parliament as fiscal and economic conditions allow. When the Prime Minister announced the uplift to 2.5%, he was clear that c...

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