Source · Select Committees · Defence Committee
Recommendation 15
15
Acknowledged
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Defence industrial capacity needs to be both resilient and scalable.
Conclusion
Defence industrial capacity needs to be both resilient and scalable. In order to secure supply chains the Secretary of State acknowledged that the Government needs to address skills shortages as well as committing to significant orders alongside allies 36 Special Relationships? US, UK and NATO to ensure that production lines are maintained in the long term and to replace stockpiles of munitions in the short term. Capacity (including redundant capacity) is also key if industry is to be able to ramp up production.
Government Response Summary
The Department's Munitions Planning Cycle for 2022 was endorsed in April 2023, taking on board both early lessons learned from Ukraine and DSTL analysis; the Autumn Statement provided the Department with £560 million to bolster munitions stockpiles and industrial resilience, and work to industrial capacity and stockpiles is ongoing.
Paragraph Reference:
93
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The Department’s Munitions Planning Cycle for 2022 was endorsed in April 2023, taking on board both early lessons learned from Ukraine and DSTL analysis. The Autumn Statement provided the Department with £560 million to bolster munitions stockpiles and industrial resilience, and work to industrial capacity and stockpiles is ongoing. The Department will update the Committee on its plans for industrial capacity and the UK’s munitions stockpiles in due course.