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Fifty-Second Report - Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan 2021–31

Public Accounts Committee HC 1164 Published 11 May 2022

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (11 recs)

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Government Response

AI assessment · 33 of 33 classified

Accepted 10

Acknowledged 18

Not Addressed 4

Rejected 1

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fifty Second report from Session 2021-22 · published 2 Sep 2022

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

16 Conclusion Rejected

We considered the Department’s controls over the costs of the Plan’s largest programmes, in particular...

Conclusion

We considered the Department’s controls over the costs of the Plan’s largest programmes, in particular the nuclear projects such as Dreadnought submarines and the replacement Warhead programme. As the NAO notes, nuclear projects amount to about £60 billion in the … Read more

Government Response Summary

The government explicitly disagrees with the committee's conclusion regarding controls over nuclear project costs. It defends its transparency, existing scrutiny of Dreadnought contingency funds with HM Treasury, and outlines ongoing work to provide cost estimates for the Replacement Warhead programme.

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