Question follow-through · 17025
Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last issued instructions to his Department on the threshold for financial sign-off of new procurements; and what those instructions were.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 29 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2024 · 5 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
29 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last issued instructions to his Department on the threshold for financial sign-off of new procurements; and what those instructions were.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
We continue to review and spend on our priorities as part of normal financial management There have been a number of communications as part of departmental business to enable us to get a grip of defence spending. We are committed to securing value for mon...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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