To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Prime Minister’s speech in Warsaw on 23 April 2024, whether the commitment to spend 2.5% of gross domestic product on defence by 2030 will be require additional funding streams other than through reductions to (a) the civil service and (b) research and development budgets.
Answered on
2 May 2024
We have made a commitment to steadily increase defence spending, reaching 2.5% of GDP in 2030. We have also set out how we are fully funding this increase in defence spending.
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Treasury
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