Defence: Finance

(asked on 2nd June 2025) - View Source

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the international aid to the defence budget in cash terms.


Answered by
Darren Jones Portrait
Darren Jones
Chief Secretary to the Treasury
This question was answered on 10th June 2025

In February this year, the Prime Minister announced that NATO qualifying defence spending will increase to 2.5% GDP by 2027-28. It will be fully funded by reducing Official Development Assistance (ODA) from 0.5% to 0.3% GNI by the same year. Further details of cash terms savings from reducing ODA can be found in the Spring Statement 2025 document here:

CP1298 – Spring Statement 2025

Individual departmental budgets will be confirmed at the conclusion of the spending review on 11 June.

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