Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many contracts signed by his Department with suppliers of services or consultants include a clause providing that if the contract is abrogated by the Government, the provider or consultant will be compensated for lost income since 2010.

Ministry of Defence policy and procedures regarding the abrogation of contracts is through the use of Defence Condition 656 as published in the Acquisition Operating Framework which is available on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/acquisition-operating-framework. The information requested is not held centrally and would require a manual check of all contracts let since 2010, which could only be provided at disproportionate cost.