Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 September 2021 to Question 903506, when he plans to publish an updated Equipment Plan document.

We wrote to the Public Accounts Committee last month to inform the committee that an autumn publication date was no longer possible to ensure the Ministry of Defence report and the National Audit Office assessment are, as is usually the case, published together. We are working closely with the NAO to agree a revised timetable for publication, and intend to publish in early 2022. We will provide the Public Accounts Committee with an update shortly.