questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 116531 on Defence: Finance, what the UK's return for 2025 was.
answerText: The UK’s latest defence expenditure return for 2025 has been published by NATO and can be found here. The UK’s final update for 2025 will be submitted by the end of December once the accounts have closed and have been audited.
heading: Defence: Finance