Written question asked by Diane Abbott (Labour) on Monday, 2 June 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 4 June 2025. It was answered by Darren Jones (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 2025 on behalf of the Treasury.
Defence: Finance
- Question
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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much funding has been transferred from the aid budget to the defence budget.
- Answer
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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.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 56143
- Session
- 2024-26
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Defence Development aid Finance
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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