Progress with defence estate disposals
Public Accounts Committee
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Inquiry
The Ministry of Defence holds one of the UK’s largest estates - around 1,000 buildings and facilities spread across the country ranging from training and accommodation for service personnel to military construction sites - accounting for about 1.8% of the UK land mass. It spends £3bn a year on its …
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Recommendations
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Conclusions
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Report
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Oral session
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Event
Activity timeline 3 events
14 Dec
2021
2021
12 Oct
2021
2021
Report published
28 Jun
2021
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
28 Jun 2021
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Progress with defence estate disposals
Air Marshal Richard Knighton CB · Ministry of Defence
David Williams · Daily Mail
Graham Dalton · Ministry of Defence
Sherin Aminossehe · Ministry of Defence
Reports 1 report · click to expand
| Title | HC No. | Published | Items | Response |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twentieth Report - Optimising the defence estate | HC 179 | 12 Oct 2021 | 29 | Responded |
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Twentieth Report - Optimising the …
The Department’s slow progress in reducing the size of its estate is because its initial...
The Department’s slow progress in reducing the size of its estate is because its initial plans were unrealistic, and consequentially it has spent far too much time re-planning and re-organising. For example, since 2018 it has fundamentally revised its disposal …
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Government Response
The government agrees with the committee's observation on past slow progress in estate reduction, committing to a report by Summer 2022 and highlighting over £1 billion in site disposals since 2015 and ongoing optimisation efforts.
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Conclusion
Twentieth Report - Optimising the …
In 2019, the Department ended its 10-year contract with its Strategic Business Partner, led by...
In 2019, the Department ended its 10-year contract with its Strategic Business Partner, led by Capita, five years early because the contract was not delivering expected savings and improvements in running the DIO.12 This created a gap in the skills …
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Twentieth Report - Optimising the …
There are some signs in the last two to three years that the Department has...
There are some signs in the last two to three years that the Department has started to get a better grip of optimising its estate. The new Permanent Secretary told us that the Department now has good prospects for delivering …
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Government Response
The government agrees with the committee's positive observations regarding the department gaining a better grip on estate optimisation, committing to provide a report by Summer 2022 and highlighting over £1 billion in site disposals and improved funding for estate programmes.
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
Twentieth Report - Optimising the …
The Department expects to spend £5.1 billion over the 25-year lifetime of the DEO Portfolio...
The Department expects to spend £5.1 billion over the 25-year lifetime of the DEO Portfolio to 2040. In 2021, it resolved the medium-term funding shortfall in the Portfolio— caused by the government’s 2018 decision to withdraw the private finance model—and …
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Government Response
The government acknowledges the committee's summary of DEO Portfolio funding, confirming its current £9.3 billion investment over ten years, with DEO now fully funded. It also states that work to update the plan is expected to be completed by Spring 2022, with results shared with the Committee.
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