Defence: Expenditure

(asked on 22nd October 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to make any further changes to the definition of defence expenditure in calculating the proportion of GDP spent on defence in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20.


Answered by
Michael Fallon Portrait
Michael Fallon
This question was answered on 27th October 2015

The NATO definition of defence expenditure is outlined in NATO guidance. NATO determines when changes to that guidance are required.

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