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Question follow-through · 95421

Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, published on 26 November, HC 1492, what her proposed timetable is for spending 3% of GDP on defence.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
28 Nov 2025
Target answer date
3 Dec 2025
Answer
3 Dec 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Autumn Budget 2025, published on 26 November, HC 1492, what her proposed timetable is for spending 3% of GDP on defence.

  2. 3 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government’s ambition remains to spend 3 per cent of GDP on defence when economic and fiscal conditions allow.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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