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date	19/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Defence: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of when defence spending will reach 2.5% of GDP; whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of raising defence spending to 3% of GDP; and if he will have discussions with the Leader of the House on finding time to debate the Early Day Motion in the name of the hon. Member for Clacton, number 455, on Future defence spending.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	19462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The government has consistently prioritised defence spending. The Ministry of Defence was the first department to get certainty on its budgets in this Parliament. This settlement was the largest sustained spending increase in defence since the end of the Cold War, with a £24 billion uplift in cash terms over the four-year period. In March 2023, we also provided an extra £11 billion for defence and national security priorities over the next five years, with £4.95 billion over the next two years.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s aspiration over the longer-term is to invest 2.5% of GDP on defence, when the fiscal and economic circumstances allow.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 27/03/2024 17:04:12 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

455712

registered interest
date	26/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ministry of Defence: UK Membership of EU
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Prime Minister's Oral Statement of 22 February 2016, Official Report, column 35, on the European Council, whether his Department is undertaking planning in the eventuality of a majority leave vote in the EU referendum.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	28708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>At the February European Council the Government negotiated a new settlement, giving the United Kingdom a special status in a reformed European Union. The Government's position, as set out by the Prime Minister to the House on 22 February 2016, is that the UK will be stronger, safer and better off remaining in a reformed EU.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 02/03/2016 17:29:11 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

418302

registered interest
date	10/09/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Intelligence Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Single Intelligence Account is or will be incorporated into his Department's budget; and whether the Single Intelligence Account is included in calculations of the percentage of the UK's GDP being spent on defence.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	9913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secret Intelligence Account is not part of the Ministry of Defence's budget, and there are no plans for it to be incorporated.</p><p>As announced in the Summer Budget, the spending that supports the Ministry of Defence and the contribution made by the secret intelligence agencies will be included in calculations of Defence spending as a percentage of GDP, in line with NATO guidelines.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 17/09/2015 15:48:48 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

179141

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press notice issued by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on its website on 9 February 2015, whether the proposed Memorandum of Understanding between the UK and Ukrainian governments will entail the UK Government guaranteeing any possible assistance in the pursuit of Ukrainian independence.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	224184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The Memorandum of Understanding, once signed, will provide a framework for our defence engagement with Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Michael Fallon question first answered 23/02/2015 17:19:43 answering member 88 label Biography information for Sir Michael Fallon
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell