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Question follow-through · 110769

Ministry of Defence: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was made aware of conclusion 1 in the Sixty-second Report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Faulty energy efficiency installations, HC 1229, prior to the decision to appoint a new Permanent

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Feb 2026 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 4 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was made aware of conclusion 1 in the Sixty-second Report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Faulty energy efficiency installations, HC 1229, prior to the decision to appoint a new Permanent

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 9 Feb 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary was appointed following an external competition and approval from the Prime Minister.The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will respond to the Public Accounts Committee report (HC 1229) in the usual wa...

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