questionText: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2026, to Question 3895, on National Security: Finance, whether there are additional NATO (a) definitions and (b) guidance on applicable spend within the 1.5% of GDP for the UK to follow other than the definition of the 1.5% of GDP cited in his answer.
answerText: At the NATO Summit in June 2025, Allies made a commitment to investing 5% of GDP annually on core defence requirements and defence and security related spending by 2035.NATO defines defence and security related spending as, ‘inter alia’, spending to prote...
heading: Defence: Finance