Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Defence Command Paper Refresh, published on 18 July 2023, how his Department plans to double the effect that we seek to achieve in the world with the campaigning approach.

As set out in the Defence Command Paper, Defence seeks to double the effect we achieve in the world by 2030 through better leveraging our assets and experience to more effective compete and manage risk worldwide. The Department’s campaigning approach will enable the Department to utilise all levers of defence to achieve goals, including through education, exports and the deployment of our personnel and assets.

Further, Defence is already reforming the way the Department works to improve productivity, including through removing organisational and bureaucratic layers and through using digital tools to enhance integration.