Supply Chains: Security

(asked on 8th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2022 to Question 77287 on Supply Chains: Security, what is the scope of the work underway to provide industry with a clear requirement supporting defence priorities; who is leading on this work; and when he plans for it to be completed.


Answered by
Alex Chalk Portrait
Alex Chalk
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 14th November 2022

Defence continually manages and analyses its stocks of equipment, stores, weapons and munitions, whilst also reviewing industrial capacity and supply chains, both domestically and internationally, as part of normal planning processes. The MOD remains fully engaged with industry, allies and partners throughout, so as to ensure they fully understand our Armed Forces' immediate and future requirements. This is especially true today as we work to maintain the continuation of supply to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in addition to our own, whilst ensuring that all equipment and munitions granted in kind from UK stocks are replaced as expeditiously as possible.

This delivers on our commitment in the Defence and Security Industrial Strategy to work more closely with industry, while the Defence Capability Framework published in July sets out our pipeline of requirements for the next ten years.

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