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Defence: Finance

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 3, whether defence will be the number one priority at the next spending review.

answeredTreasury

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Answering body
Treasury
Tabled
30 Jun 2026
Target answer date
2 Jul 2026
Answer
7 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Defence Investment Plan, published on 30 June 2026, paragraph 3, whether defence will be the number one priority at the next spending review.

  2. 2 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 7 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    As stated in the Defence Investment Plan, the government is committed to increasing defence spending to 3.0% GDP in the next parliament. Funding to achieve this will be set out at the next spending review, where defence will be the number one priority.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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