| Heading: |
Defence and Security: Finance |
| Question ID: |
1811843 |
| UIN: |
59155 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-11 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5089 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Ben Obese-Jecty
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| Asking Member handle: |
BenObeseJecty
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BenObeseJecty
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Spending Review 2025. published on 11 June 2025, what proportion of the of GDP announced for defence and security spending is to be spent on (a) defence and (b) security. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-17 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4621 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Darren Jones
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| Answering Member handle: |
darrenpjones
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@darrenpjones
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Prime Minister announced in February that total NATO qualifying defence spending will rise to 2.6% GDP by 2027. The NATO definitions pertain to defence spending; there is no definition of security spending. |
| Original answer text: |
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| Answering body ID: |
14 |
| Answering body name: |
Treasury |
| Tweeted: |
true |