Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of UK capability to meet the full-spectrum of industrial demands posed by modern high-intensity conflict.

Through commitments made in the Strategic Defence Review and the Defence Industrial Strategy, the Department is investing heavily in its supply chain to develop a more, resilient, innovative and agile approach to managing and mitigating risks across the Defence enterprise. Building on the success of last year’s Industry wargame we are standing up a supply chain focussed scenario planning and wargaming capability, including a roadmap of activities to stress-test scenarios to allow us to accelerate to surge capacity during times of conflict. This strengthens operational resilience, ensuring front-line forces remain supported and mission success is not compromised, even in contested environments.