Question follow-through · 60857
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of defence budgets in the last 10 years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 30 Jun 2025 · 12 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
18 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of defence budgets in the last 10 years.
20 Jun 2025
Target answer date
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30 Jun 2025
Answer published
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1 Jul 2025
Answer corrected
The recent increase in defence spending is the largest sustained increase since the end of the Cold War. The Government is firmly committed to increasing defence spending to reach 2.6% of GDP by 2027 and has set an ambition to reach 3%in the next Parliame...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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