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
11 Recommendations
22 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 4 events
2 Sep
2022
Report published
22 Jun
2022
Correspondence
11 May
2022
Report published
28 Feb
2022
Oral evidence
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
1 result
Clear
16 Conclusion Rejected
Fifty-Second Report - Ministry of …
We considered the Department’s controls over the costs of the Plan’s largest programmes, in particular...
We considered the Department’s controls over the costs of the Plan’s largest programmes, in particular the nuclear projects such as Dreadnought submarines and the replacement Warhead programme. As the NAO notes, nuclear projects amount to about £60 billion in the … Read more
Government Response
The government explicitly disagrees with the committee's conclusion regarding controls over nuclear project costs. It defends its transparency, existing scrutiny of Dreadnought contingency funds with HM Treasury, and outlines ongoing work to provide cost estimates for the Replacement Warhead programme.
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Government Response AI assessment · 33 of 11 classified
Accepted 10
Acknowledged 18
Not Addressed 4
Rejected 1
Total 11 recs + 22 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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