Question follow-through · 12636
Ministry of Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase value for money in procurement.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 12 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to increase value for money in procurement.
6 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Nov 2024
Answer published
Through the Strategic Defence Review we will reform our approach to procurement to deliver defence capabilities at greater pace, leverage rapidly changing technology, and take a One Defence approach to our requirements to secure the best possible value fo...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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