Ministry of Defence: Cost Effectiveness

(asked on 26th January 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Prime Minister's Statement of November 19 2020 on the Integrated Review, Official Report, Column 499, what powers the unit that will ensure value for money of his Department's expenditure will have.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 1st February 2021

Since my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s statement announcing this historic settlement, we have worked to ensure we have robust mechanisms in place to drive and assure value for money. The Defence Secretary has been clear that the Department’s spending must return to a sustainable footing and our whole approach is predicated on meeting the threats we face affordably and at the pace required to keep us safe.

We will report the value gained from this investment through the Government's planning and performance framework, which will measure progress towards delivering the Ministry of Defence's priority outcomes. Through these regular updates and other means, Ministers will be able to track performance and take early action where delivery may be under pressure.

We are driving improvements in programme delivery, procurement, and acquisition to manage complexity, risk, and the pace of technological change affordably and rigorously.

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