Question follow-through · 75851
Defence: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's assessment of what constitutes NATO qualifying defence expenditure includes investment in (a) energy infrastructure and (b) energy security projects such as Great British Energy.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 11 Sept 2025 · 3 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
8 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's assessment of what constitutes NATO qualifying defence expenditure includes investment in (a) energy infrastructure and (b) energy security projects such as Great British Energy.
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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11 Sept 2025
Answer published
Spend on energy infrastructure and energy security projects does not constitute NATO qualifying core defence spend.The Government has long argued that investment in things like energy security is vital to national security and this will be considered for ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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