Eighth Report - Improving Defence Inventory Management

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 66 19 January 2024
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 21 items (2 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 21 of 21 classified)
Accepted 17
Acknowledged 3
Rejected 1
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the eighth report from Session 2023-24 · published 2 Apr 2024
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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8 Conclusion Rejected
MoD's inventory data quality and system functionality limit a deeper understanding of stock
Conclusion
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 Summary
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.
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