Defence: Finance
(asked on 14th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the Single Intelligence Account they are redesignating as core defence spending.
This question was answered on 24th July 2025
Historically, the Single Intelligence Account (SIA) budget has included elements of NATO-qualifying defence expenditure. In line with our allies, and to recognise the important contribution the intelligence agencies play in national defence, by 2027 we will consider the whole of the SIA budget to be NATO-qualifying. It will count towards the 2.6% target for core defence spending.
The budget for the SIA from 2026 onwards is set out in the Spending Review 2025 document, published on 11 June 2025.