questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department is using of expenditure that qualifies as resilience and security spending for the purposes of the Government's commitment to spend 1.5% of GDP on this by 2035.
answerText: I refer the hon. Member to the response my Rt Hon. Friend the Chief Secretary to the Treasury provided to Question 17649 of 9 July 2026.  https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2026-07-09/17649
heading: National Security: Finance