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32nd Report - The Future of the Equipment Plan
Public Accounts Committee
HC 716
Published 20 June 2025
Conclusions (1)
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Conclusion
Deferred
We are extremely disappointed that the Permanent Secretary did not have concrete suggestions for how the Department will provide Parliament with annual reporting on its plans. The Department last published a full Equipment Plan in November 2022. Since July 2023, it has written to both this and the previous Public …
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation but states that officials cannot pre-empt Ministerial decisions, referring instead to the plans for the Defence Investment Plan (DIP) outlined in the Strategic Defence Review publication on 2 June 2025. It does not commit to providing the requested fully worked-out proposal to the committee.