The Future of the Equipment Plan

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 26 Mar 2025 Closed: 21 Aug 2025 Parliament page
Historically, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has published an annual Equipment Plan, where it sets out its spending plans on equipment procurement and support projects over the next decade to keep the nation secure. The Government revealed in 2024 that an Equipment Plan for that year would not be published, … Read more
2 Recommendations
31 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
3 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 7 events
1 Dec
2025
Correspondence
24 Nov
2025
Correspondence
16 Sep
2025
Report published
20 Jun
2025
Report published
19 May
2025
Correspondence
28 Apr
2025
Oral evidence
28 Apr
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
28 Apr 2025
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Admiral Sir Tony Radakin KCB ADC · Ministry of Defence Andy Start · Ministry of Defence David Williams CB · Ministry of Defence Madelaine McTernan CB · Ministry of Defence
Title HC No. Published Items Response
32nd Report - The Future of the Equipment Plan HC 716 20 Jun 2025 33 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
5 Conclusion Deferred
32nd Report - The Future of the Eq…
Provide Parliament with proposal for annual equipment procurement updates by September 2025.
We are extremely disappointed that the Permanent Secretary did not have concrete suggestions for how the Department will provide Parliament with annual reporting on its plans. The Department last published a full Equipment Plan in November 2022. Since July 2023, … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation but states that officials cannot pre-empt Ministerial decisions, referring instead to the plans for the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) outlined in the Strategic Defence Review publication on 2 June 2025. It does not commit to providing the requested fully worked-out proposal to the committee.
HM Treasury
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Government Response AI assessment · 33 of 2 classified
Accepted 26
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Rejected 5
Total 2 recs + 31 conclusions
Correspondence 3 letters
1 Dec 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence relating to recommendations of the Committee’s Report on The Future of the Equipment Plan, 20 November 2025
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24 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Defence relating to the MoD’s Equipment Plan 2023-2033, 20 November 2025
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19 May 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Defence relating to the Future of the Defence Equipment Plan, 13 May 2025
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