Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to recommendation 62 of the 2025 Strategic Defence Review, what progress he has made in ensuring there are no bespoke Defence contracting and build requirements except where these are critical to infrastructure protection and resilience in time of crisis.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continues to simplify and standardise its commercial approach to infrastructure delivery, consistent with Recommendation 62 of the Strategic Defence Review.

MOD standard contract templates are currently being reviewed and developed, with a view to simplifying and moving towards standard industry established infrastructure contracting models which remain the preferred routes for placing contracts. We do not anticipate using any bespoke contracting until this work is complete.