Defence Equipment: Costs

(asked on 2nd March 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what changes he has made to each defence programme to enable a reduction in forecast costs of £11.9 billion in his 2019-2029 Equipment Plan.


Answered by
Jeremy Quin Portrait
Jeremy Quin
This question was answered on 9th March 2020

Updated cost forecasts represent our latest analysis of the realistic cost of programmes as they progress. The Equipment Plan 2019 has identified a £5.3 billion forecast reduction based on past performance compared to the Equipment Plan 2018.

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