Question follow-through · 10402
Defence: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's timetable is for increasing defence spending to meet NATO commitments; and whether he is satisfied that current funding levels are sufficient to deter Russian aggression and maintain the UK'
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 24 Jun 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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
These Commons divisions share a topic label. The question did not necessarily lead to a vote.
Recorded timeline
16 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's timetable is for increasing defence spending to meet NATO commitments; and whether he is satisfied that current funding levels are sufficient to deter Russian aggression and maintain the UK'
18 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Government remains committed to spending 3.5% of GDP on defence by 2035, as agreed at the NATO summit last year.As the third-largest financial contributor, and the only European Ally to commit our full nuclear deterrent to NATO, the United Kingdom alr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
No later same-department questions indexed.
This is an absence in covered public data, not evidence that no follow-up occurred elsewhere.