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
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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
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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
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