Home / Sources / Select Committees / 32nd Report - The Future of the Equipment Plan
Index live
Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee

32nd Report - The Future of the Equipment Plan

Public Accounts Committee HC 716 Published 20 June 2025
Report Status
Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations
33 items (2 recs)
Government Response
AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified
Accepted 26
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Rejected 5
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty-second report from Session 2024-26 · published 16 Sep 2025
Read the government response ↗ Response on the Index
Filter by: Clear

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
24 Conclusion Acknowledged

Department is still determining investment priorities for increased defence spending until late 2025.

Conclusion
In March 2025, the government announced that it will increase defence spending to 2.5% of gross domestic product from April 2027.48 However, the Department told us it is only midway through the process of deciding how to invest the additional … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledged the increase in defence spending to 2.5% of GDP from April 2027.
HM Treasury
View Details →