Question follow-through · 107979
Defence: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes financial transactions.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 23 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 19 Feb 2026 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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- Ministry of Defence: Written Questions · 2 Feb 2026
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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
23 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any of the spending included by the government in its calculation of spending 2.6% of GDP on NATO qualifying defence spending by 2027 includes financial transactions.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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19 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence's financial transactions support the retention of critical sovereign manufacturing capabilities and support our strategic objectives. As an integral part of the UK's national security they are included in the NATO qualifying defenc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Ministry of Defence: Written Questions
2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to answer Question 107979 on Defence: Expenditure tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Central Devon on 23 January 2026.