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Written question asked by Lord Jopling (Conservative) on Thursday, 26 January 2017, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 February 2017. It was answered by Earl Howe (Conservative) on Friday, 3 February 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Defence: Expenditure

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the most recent figures for the percentage of gross domestic product spent on defence for each NATO member state; and where figures are available, what those percentages are expected to be in two years' time.

Answer

The most recent figures for the percentage of gross domestic product spent on defence for each NATO member state were published in July 2016 and can be found in table 3 of the attached.

http://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2016_07/20160704_160704-pr2016-116.pdf

Under this Government there are no published figures available for future NATO defence spending, however the UK is committed to meet our NATO pledge to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence every year of this decade in accordance with the NATO guidelines.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5029
Session
2016-17
Attachment
Defence Expenditures of NATO Countries (2009-16)
Subjects
Defence Expenditure NATO countries
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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