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Eighth Report - Improving Defence Inventory Management

Public Accounts Committee HC 66 Published 19 January 2024

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

21 items (2 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 21 of 21 classified

Accepted 17

Acknowledged 3

Rejected 1

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the eighth report from Session 2023-24 · published 2 Apr 2024

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

8 Conclusion Rejected

MoD's inventory data quality and system functionality limit a deeper understanding of stock

Conclusion

We remain concerned about the quality of the MoD’s inventory data; the MoD stated that while its visibility of its inventory is generally good, its system functionality can prevent staff from having a deeper understanding of it. For example, the … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government acknowledges the committee's concern but states there was an error in previous reporting, providing corrected data that demonstrates greater success in managing inventory holdings and thus challenging the premise of the committee's concern.

HM Treasury

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