Question follow-through · 17650

National Security: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what specific items of expenditure have been counted towards the Government's claim to have met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on resilience-related investment.

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Cabinet Office
Tabled
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
16 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 9 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what specific items of expenditure have been counted towards the Government's claim to have met the NATO target of spending 1.5% of GDP on resilience-related investment.

  2. 16 Jul 2026

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  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The UK has met NATO’s 1.5% defence and security-related spending target, as defined by NATO. NATO’s definition sets out that spend should be to protect our critical infrastructure, defend our networks, ensure our civil preparedness and resilience, unleash...

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National Security: Publicity

2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 14 July 2026 on National Resilience, on what date the national resilience public awareness campaign will launch.