Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Warwick (Non-affiliated) on Tuesday, 8 March 2022, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 22 March 2022. It was answered by Baroness Goldie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 March 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence: Expenditure

Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase defence spending.

Answer: The Government is clear that Defence should be led by our understanding of the threats it needs to counter. As such the Ministry of Defence keeps its spending under constant review and is analysing the implications of the increased threat that Russia now poses. Defence is coming into its second year of its four-year spending settlement, in which it has already secured an additional 16.5 billion of funding over the Spending Review period, marking the biggest investment in the Armed Forces since the Cold War.

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