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date	08/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence: Expenditure
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the levels of defence spending as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (1) currently spent by members of NATO, and (2) spent by each member of NATO at the time of the 2014 Wales NATO summit.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2020 answer text <p>Please see the table below for levels of defence spending by % of GDP currently spent by members of NATO, and spent by each member of NATO at the time of the 2014 Wales NATO summit.</p><p> </p><p>This information is according to the NATO press release (COMMUNIQUE PR/CP(2019)123) ‘Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2013-2019)’ published on 29 November 2019.</p><p> </p><p>https://www.nato.int/nato_static_fl2014/assets/pdf/pdf_2019_11/20191129_pr-2019-123-en.pdf</p><p> </p><p><strong>Defence expenditures as per cent of GDP - Based on 2015 prices and exchange rates</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Nation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defence expenditure as a % of GDP 2014 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Defence expenditure as a % of GDP 2019e (current) </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Albania</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>1.26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>0.98</p></td><td><p>0.93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria*</p></td><td><p>1.32</p></td><td><p>3.25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canada</p></td><td><p>1.01</p></td><td><p>1.31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>1.84</p></td><td><p>1.68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>1.19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Denmark</p></td><td><p>1.15</p></td><td><p>1.32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>1.93</p></td><td><p>2.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>1.82</p></td><td><p>1.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>1.18</p></td><td><p>1.38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greece</p></td><td><p>2.21</p></td><td><p>2.28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>0.86</p></td><td><p>1.21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>1.14</p></td><td><p>1.22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>0.94</p></td><td><p>2.01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>0.88</p></td><td><p>2.03</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>0.38</p></td><td><p>0.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Montenegro</p></td><td><p>1.50</p></td><td><p>1.66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Netherlands</p></td><td><p>1.15</p></td><td><p>1.36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norway</p></td><td><p>1.55</p></td><td><p>1.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1.85</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portugal</p></td><td><p>1.31</p></td><td><p>1.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Romania</p></td><td><p>1.35</p></td><td><p>2.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovak Republic</p></td><td><p>0.99</p></td><td><p>1.74</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>0.97</p></td><td><p>1.04</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td><td><p>0.92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Turkey</p></td><td><p>1.45</p></td><td><p>1.89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Kingdom</p></td><td><p>2.16</p></td><td><p>2.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United States</p></td><td><p>3.73</p></td><td><p>3.42</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* Defence Expenditure does not include pensions.</p><p>e - Figures for 2019 are estimates</p><p> </p><p>According to NATO’s latest spending figures, the UK’s Defence spending has increased year-on-year since 2017.</p><p> </p><p>When looking at Defence spending, it is not appropriate to compare ‘like for like’ because the nature of Defence spending changes over time.</p><p> </p><p>Defence spending is about assessing the threats we face and ensuring that we have the capabilities necessary to deal with them.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Goldie question first answered 22/01/2020 14:48:45 answering member 4306 label Biography information for Baroness Goldie
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

1169647

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date	08/01/2020
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Weather: Forecasts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they monitor the accuracy of weather forecasts issued by the Meteorological Office; and whether the accuracy of forecasts has (1) increased, (2) decreased, or (3) remained the same during the last five years.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2020 answer text <p>The core task of the Met Office is to deliver the Public Weather Service (PWS). The PWS Customer Group (PWSCG), which has an independent chair responsible to the Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation, monitors the delivery of the PWS against agreed performance indicators and targets, including the accuracy of public facing forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last 5 years, the PWSCG has set targets each year for the accuracy of forecasts for maximum and minimum temperature, 3 hourly temperature, wind speed and wind direction at days 1, 3, and 5 ahead. During this period the accuracy of all these forecasts has increased.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Met Office has a performance indicator that compares the accuracy of its global forecast model against other global modelling centres to demonstrate that it is maintaining its position in global forecast accuracy. Over the last 5 years the Met Office has maintained its position as the leading national meteorological service.</p> answering member printed Lord Duncan of Springbank question first answered 14/01/2020 15:05:24 answering member 4686 label Biography information for Lord Duncan of Springbank
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling