Question follow-through · 11695
Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's budget will increase in each remaining financial year of the current Parliament, as a percentage of GDP.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 25 Jun 2026 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department's budget will increase in each remaining financial year of the current Parliament, as a percentage of GDP.
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Jun 2026
Answer published
Spending will be set out in the Defence Investment Plan.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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