Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the commitments made in his Department's Opportunity and Innovation: The Defence Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Action Plan published on 27 January 2022, whether his Department has published revised guidance to support teams in adopting an agile approach to delivery.

The Ministry of Defence is committed to enabling agile delivery. A range of guidance, tools and training is available to support project teams and we continue to work to develop agile approaches.

Agile guidance for digital projects has recently been made available on the department's Defence Digital Delivery Hub. The guidance will support teams in planning and executing projects using agile methodology where this is appropriate, while meeting the needs of Defence Digital's governance and assurance processes.

In Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), an Agile Practitioner role has been established to support the roll out of Agile within DE&S. This will include training and provide a coherent approach to agile management.