Tania Mathias – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Tania Mathias on 2016-03-24.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether spending on the upkeep of the defence estate counts towards the Government’s pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence, as defined by NATO.

Mark Lancaster

In accordance with NATO guidelines on Defence expenditure, spending on the upkeep of the defence estate to support our Armed Forces does count towards the Government’s pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence.