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Written Question
Armed Forces: Finance
Tuesday 11th March 2025

Asked by: Mel Stride (Conservative - Central Devon)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the £13.4 billion for the armed forces was calculated based on NATO-qualifying spending; and what his Departmental budget will be in the 2027-28 financial year.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)

The £13.4 billion increase relates to total NATO qualifying defence spend. This is the increase in cash terms between defence spending in 2027-28 and what the UK spends today.

HMT is currently undertaking the second phase of the Spending Review, which will be announced on 11 June 2025. This will set Departmental budgets for three years from 2026-27 for RDEL and four years for CDEL, including for the Ministry of Defence.