Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure

(asked on 16th June 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will state what his Department's budget will be as a percentage of GDP in 2030.


Answered by
Luke Pollard Portrait
Luke Pollard
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 17th July 2026

We are increasing defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by April 2027, 3% in the next Parliament and 3.5% by 2035 on core defence.

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