Question follow-through · 75852
Great British Energy: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £8.3 billion allocated to Great British Energy and its nuclear body will be classified separately from defence expenditure in meeting the Government's commitment to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence b
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Treasury
- 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £8.3 billion allocated to Great British Energy and its nuclear body will be classified separately from defence expenditure in meeting the Government's commitment to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence b
11 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Sept 2025
Answer published
The £8.3bn allocated to Great British Energy and its nuclear body is not included in the Government's commitment announced in February to spend 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence expenditure by 2027.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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