Question follow-through · 901984
Ministry of Defence: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of waste in his Department.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 19 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 6 Jan 2025 · 18 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
19 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to reduce levels of waste in his Department.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Jan 2025
Answer published
We are committed to securing value for money for taxpayers and cutting waste. We have curbed the previous Government's out of control spend on consultants by nearly £300 million by stopping all non-essential Government consultancy spending this year. We h...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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