Improving defence inventory management

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 12 Sep 2023 Closed: 3 Apr 2024 Parliament page
The wide range of supplies and spare equipment required by the UK armed forces for immediate and potential use are collectively described as ‘inventory’. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) holds more than 740 million individual items of inventory, valued at £10.8 billion. The Committee found in February 2013 that the … Read more
2 Recommendations
19 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
1 Letter
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
2 Apr
2024
Report published
18 Mar
2024
Correspondence
19 Jan
2024
Report published
13 Nov
2023
Oral evidence
13 Nov
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
13 Nov 2023
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Improving defence inventory management
Andy Start · Ministry of Defence David Williams CB · Ministry of Defence John Farrow · Defence Equipment and Support Vice Admiral Andy Kyte CB · Ministry of Defence
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Eighth Report - Improving Defence Inventory Management HC 66 19 Jan 2024 21 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
8 Conclusion Rejected
Eighth Report - Improving Defence …
MoD's inventory data quality and system functionality limit a deeper understanding of stock
We remain concerned about the quality of the MoD’s inventory data; the MoD stated that while its visibility of its inventory is generally good, its system functionality can prevent staff from having a deeper understanding of it. For example, the … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the committee's concern but states there was an error in previous reporting, providing corrected data that demonstrates greater success in managing inventory holdings and thus challenging the premise of the committee's concern.
HM Treasury
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Government Response AI assessment · 21 of 2 classified
Accepted 17
Acknowledged 3
Rejected 1
Total 2 recs + 19 conclusions
Correspondence 1 letter
18 Mar 2024 Correspondence from David Williams CB, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence, re Defence inventory follow-up, dated 15 March 2024
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