Written question asked by Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 30 March 2010. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Defence: Expenditure
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer from the Prime Minister to the hon. Member for Banbury of 17 March 2010, Official Report, column 869, on what date he was briefed that defence spending had not risen in real terms in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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The briefings that I have received on this issue as Secretary of State have stated that there has been a sustained increase in the Defence budget since 1997, and that every spending review since that date has provided for a real terms rise in core defence spending over the period it covered.
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- Reference
- 508 c871W; 325077
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- 2009-10
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- Defence Finance
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