1-2 of 2 results for subject:Defence
Librarians' tools
- Search time
- 0.213 seconds
- Solr query time
- 0.004 seconds
- Search query
- subject:Defence
- We searched for
- subject_t:Defence OR subject_t:"National defence" OR subject_ses:90842
Type
House
Session
Year
Department
Member
Primary member
More
Blunt, Crispin (2)
Answering member
Legislative stage
Legislation
Subject
Publisher
But the truth is that that short examination confirms what everyone knows: the forward equipment programme is inconsistent with the state of the defence budget. Will the Minister confirm that the examination is therefore likely to conclude that salami-slicing will no longer be enough and that a major amputation of an entire programme is probably required?
But the truth is that that short examination confirms what everyone knows: the forward equipment programme is inconsistent with the state of the defence budget. Will the Minister confirm that the examination is therefore likely to conclude that salami-slicing will no longer be enough and that a major amputation of an entire programme is probably required?
Asked by
Crispin Blunt
(Conservative)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Answered on
16 June 2008
We need to try to ensure that we have got the focus on our current operations right and that it is sufficient. We need to ensure that we do more for our people, if we can. To do so, we need to examine the cost issues in the equipment programme to ascertain whether we can bear down on them. A review is necessary, sensible and exactly what we are doing.
Subjects
Defence; Defence equipment; Procurement
Date
16 June 2008
Reference
477 c663
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the consistency of the forward equipment programme with the Department's expenditure plans.
What assessment he has made of the consistency of the forward equipment programme with the Department's expenditure plans.
Asked by
Crispin Blunt
(Conservative)
Answered by
Bob Ainsworth
(Labour)
Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Tabled on
10 June 2008
For answer on
16 June 2008
Answered on
16 June 2008
The Department reconciles the equipment programme and the available resources through its regular planning round process, which enables us to adjust priorities, not least in response to the experience of operations. To inform the 2009 planning round, we are undertaking a short examination of the equipment programme to look at our planning assumptions in the next 10 years. That aims to bear down on costs and shift the balance of defence procurement to support operations.
Subjects
Defence; Defence equipment; Procurement
Date
16 June 2008
Reference
477 c662-3; 210791
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons