Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many procurement orders have been submitted by his Department for approval by (a) HM Treasury and (b) Cabinet Office since 5th July 2024 for a value of (i) over £1 million, (ii) £500,000-1 million, (iii) under £500,000.

From 5 July 2024 to date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has submitted 39 business cases to His Majesty's Treasury (HMT) and 68 to the Cabinet Office, all of which were for expenditure over £1 million.

As regards approvals by HMT, it is important to note that only those business cases relating to programmes with whole life costs above MOD’s Delegated Authorisation Levels (DAL) require HMT approval. These levels are as follows:

£1 billion CDEL or £800 million RDEL for Equipment or Service Provision programmes, £250 million (either DEL) for Information & Communications Technology programmes, and £100 million (either DEL) for Infrastructure programmes. All programmes within the Defence Nuclear Enterprise have a DAL of £1billion.

Therefore, all business cases below these thresholds are approved internally within MOD.