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Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her definition of NATO-qualifying defence expenditure is.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
18 Jun 2025
Target answer date
23 Jun 2025
Answer
23 Jun 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her definition of NATO-qualifying defence expenditure is.

  2. 23 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Jun 2025

    Answer published

    NATO has a common definition of defence expenditure which is agreed by all NATO Allies. A full definition can be found here: https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natohq/topics_49198.htm

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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