MoD Equipment Plan 2021-31

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 21 Feb 2022 Closed: 2 Sep 2022 Parliament page
The Committee will take evidence on the NAO’s report on the annual Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan: https://www.nao.org.uk/report/the-equipment-plan-2021-to-2031/ The Equipment plan sets out the MoD’s intended investment in equipment and support projects over the next 10 years . Each year the NAO publishes a report, published in parallel with the … Read more
8 Recommendations
25 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
2 Sep
2022
Report published
22 Jun
2022
Correspondence
11 May
2022
Report published
28 Feb
2022
Oral evidence
28 Feb
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
28 Feb 2022
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MoD Equipment Plan 2021-30
Air Marshall Richard Knighton · Ministry of Defence Charlie Pate · Ministry of Defence David Williams CB · Ministry of Defence Sir Simon Bollom · Ministry of Defence
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Fifty-Second Report - Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan 2021–31 HC 1164 11 May 2022 33 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
4 results
Clear
3 Recommendation Accepted
Fifty-Second Report - Ministry of …
The Plan’s affordability relies on the Department achieving a number of different types of savings,...
The Plan’s affordability relies on the Department achieving a number of different types of savings, including £7 billion of ‘cost reductions’ by 2031. The Top Level Budgets (TLBs) do not yet have plans to achieve £4 billion of the ‘cost … Read more
Government Response
TLBs have targets and plans to achieve these savings, closely monitors and scrutinises Top Level Budget (TLB) planned cost reductions in the annual budget cycle, and considers that the savings are achievable.
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19 Conclusion Accepted
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The Plan’s affordability depends on the Department achieving a number of different types of savings...
The Plan’s affordability depends on the Department achieving a number of different types of savings by March 2031. As the NAO reported, these amount to nearly £22 billion, which comprises around £12 billion of ‘management adjustments for realism’, £7 billion … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation and says that TLBs have targets and plans to achieve these savings, and the department closely monitors and scrutinises Top Level Budget (TLB) planned cost reductions in the annual budget cycle.
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20 Recommendation Accepted
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Pressed on the £4 billion for which there are no plans yet, the Department explained...
Pressed on the £4 billion for which there are no plans yet, the Department explained that the target is based on an assumption of what the TLBs can deliver. The Department told us that Head Office scrutinises about 80 of … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation, stating that it has been implemented, and TLBs have targets and plans to achieve these savings. The department closely monitors and scrutinises Top Level Budget (TLB) planned cost reductions in the annual budget cycle and will include further information on TLB cost reductions in the upcoming Equipment Plan 2022 due to be published in Autumn 2022.
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21 Conclusion Accepted
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We noted that £2.6 billion of the £4 billion savings—two thirds of the total—needs to...
We noted that £2.6 billion of the £4 billion savings—two thirds of the total—needs to be achieved by March 2025. This is despite the fact that contractual commitments limit TLBs’ flexibility to make savings, for example 62% of Air Command’s … Read more
Government Response
TLBs have targets and plans to achieve these savings, closely monitors and scrutinises Top Level Budget (TLB) planned cost reductions in the annual budget cycle, and considers that the savings are achievable.
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Government Response AI assessment · 26 of 8 classified
Accepted 4
Acknowledged 18
Not Addressed 4
Total 8 recs + 25 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
22 Jun 2022 Correspondence from the Ministry of Defence, relating to the Public Accounts Committee Report – MoD Equipment Plan 2021-31, dated 21 June 2022
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