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Defence: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
5 Jun 2025
Target answer date
10 Jun 2025
Answer
10 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to increase defence spending to 3.5% of GDP.

  2. 10 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    This will form part of discussions ahead of the NATO Summit at the end of June. As these proposals are subject to agreement of all NATO Allies, including the UK, it would not be appropriate to comment at this time.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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