Question follow-through · 60522
Defence and Diplomatic Relations: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the adequacy of the amount of funding available for (a) diplomacy in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and (b) defence in the Ministry of Defence.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 17 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2025 · 8 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
17 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the adequacy of the amount of funding available for (a) diplomacy in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and (b) defence in the Ministry of Defence.
19 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2025
Answer published
Both the MOD and FCDO have recently had future budgets confirmed through Spending Review 25, where Government priorities are considered in the round. Whilst the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has seen ODA reductions, they have been fu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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