The Defence Select Committee called for the defence budget to be raised by
£17 billion a year, from just over 2 per cent of GDP to 3 per cent. Some £35.3 billion was spent on defence in 2016/17. How much was allocated to particular operations?
| Wider Gulf | £51m |
| Afghanistan | £70m |
| Deployed Military Activity Pool (for unforeseen military activity) |
£23m |
| Counter Daesh | £432m |
| Conflict stability and security fund (various peace-keeping activities) |
£87m |
| EU counter migrant-smuggling ops | £3m |
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