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Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects his Department's budget to be as a cash figure in each remaining financial year of the current Parliament.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
17 Jun 2026
Target answer date
22 Jun 2026
Answer
16 Jul 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what he expects his Department's budget to be as a cash figure in each remaining financial year of the current Parliament.

  2. 22 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Defence spending levels are a matter for the Prime Minister and the Chancellor. The hon. Member will know that the Government has set out that we will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by April 2027, 3% in the next Parliament and 3.5% by 2035 on co...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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