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32nd Report - The Future of the Equipment Plan

Public Accounts Committee HC 716 Published 20 June 2025

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (2 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified

Accepted 26

Acknowledged 1

Deferred 1

Rejected 5

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Thirty-second report from Session 2024-26 · published 16 Sep 2025

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

5 Conclusion Deferred

Provide Parliament with proposal for annual equipment procurement updates by September 2025.

Conclusion

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, … Read more

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.

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