Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of service is of a senior responsible owner.

Following the expansion of the Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) in June 2021 and the policy to increase time being allocated to leading major programmes, a number of new Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) have been appointed.

Across the defence programmes within the GMPP, as at 1 March 23 the average amount of time served in role by the current SROs is 20 months. The tenure of SROs is linked to key milestones for their programmes with an expectation of them spending a minimum of three years from taking up post.