Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Procurement Policy Note 04/20: Recovery and Transition from COVID-19, published on 9 June 2020, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of maintaining the provision of contractual relief as a result of covid-19 in line with Procurement Policy Notice 02/20; which (a) companies and (b) work areas will be affected by changes to that contractual relief; and what the timeframe is for proposals to change that contractual relief.

In line with the Government's Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 04/20, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) will be extending the provision for contractual relief outlined in PPN 02/20 until October 2020, where that is appropriate and necessary. This will apply to all MOD procurement activity. On current plans and in line with the wider Government policy, we expect to cease the provision of contractual relief by the end of October 2020.