Dec. 04 2023
Source Page: Treasury Minutes progress report – December 2023Found: HM Revenue and Customs: PAYE, tax credit debt and cost reduction 59 Cost effective delivery of an armoured
Dec. 04 2023
Source Page: Treasury Minutes progress report – December 2023Found: HM Revenue and Customs: PAYE, tax credit debt and cost reduction 59 Cost effective delivery of an armoured
Dec. 04 2023
Source Page: The defence equipment plan 2023Found: 27/28 28/29 29/30 30/31 31/32 32/33 EP23 10 year total EP22 10 year total Change from EP22 Equipment Procurement
Report Dec. 01 2023
Committee: AI in Weapon Systems CommitteeFound: Despite these advances, fighting is still largely a human activity.
Nov. 23 2023
Source Page: MOD Procurement: an overviewFound: MOD Procurement: an overview
Oral Evidence Nov. 22 2023
Inquiry: Armed Forces ReadinessFound: is doing a complete refresh of our procurement policy.
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to table one and corresponding note five of his Department's publication MOD trade industry and contracts data tables 2023, published on 28 September 2023, for what reason the forecast costs of the Mechanised Infantry Vehicles project rose by an additional £449.56 million on top of £93.44 million to deliver an additional 100 Boxer Vehicles compared to the previous year.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The additional £449.56 million forecast cost to the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle programme is a result of the increase in scope to enhance and uplift the fleet sizes and capabilities, as set out in the Defence Command Plan (2021).
This includes funding for the additional initial 100 vehicles which are now on contract, with further funding also provisioned for an additional tranche.
Found: Command exists to support the joint nature of warfare conducted by the Armed Forces across five war-fighting
Mentions:
1: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Most recently, its assaults over the ground in Avdiivka saw it lose a further 200 armoured vehicles and - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) It cannot be right that there are so many problems in defence procurement, again notwithstanding what - Speech Link
3: Lord Dannatt (XB - Life peer) We would not be upgrading only 148 Challenger 2 tanks or taking out of service the Warrior armoured infantry - Speech Link
Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the Mechanised Infantry Vehicles project meets its in-service date.
Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Defence takes active measures to ensure that projects deliver on-time and meet their in-service date.
For the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle, the Army and Defence Equipment and Support engage frequently with industry and our OCCAR partners through which we procure the vehicle. Those engagements include a rigorous Holding to Account process at all levels. The programme deliberately selected Boxer as a proven Off-The-Shelf capability already in-service with allies to de-risk delivery. Training and support planning has started early through support of our international allies who have Boxer, and lessons from other programmes are being dynamically incorporated. Boxer currently remains on track to meet its IOC in 2025 within the full programme schedule, which included provision for risks and delays. We continue to keep progress against the schedule under review.