Question follow-through · 21127
Chagos Islands: Sovereignty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124854, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what was the monetary amount of the qualifying NATO spending in 2025-26.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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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
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124854, on Chagos Islands: Sovereignty, what was the monetary amount of the qualifying NATO spending in 2025-26.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2026
Answer published
NATO's Defence Investment Update, published in July 2026, estimated that the United Kingdom's core defence expenditure in 2025 was £70.511 billion.NATO's figures are compiled in accordance with NATO's agreed definition of defence expenditure. The 2025 fig...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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