John Slinger: MOD: Written Answers (1)

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Written Question

Defence: Procurement

Tuesday 8th September 2026

Asked by: John Slinger (Labour - Rugby)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to help improve the efficiency and value for money of defence procurement.

Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

A substantial programme of work is underway across Defence to improve procurement performance and efficiency. This includes implementing acquisition reform to speed up routes to contract, strengthen contractual levers, improve delivery discipline, and implementing the vision set out in the Strategic Defence Review and Defence Industrial Strategy.