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Question follow-through · 21267

Defence: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to implement a NATO test for major defence projects procurement.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
19 Dec 2024
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 20 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans he has to implement a NATO test for major defence projects procurement.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We conducted a NATO test in the first 100 days of this Government.As part of that work we are implementing a NATO test for major procurement decisions by mandating that NATO should be considered in all Ministry of Defence investment business cases. This i...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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