Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 109788

Defence: Procurement

Tabled: 30 January 2026

Answered: 5 February 2026

Question

Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent steps he has taken to improve the (a) cost and (b) time efficiency of armed forces procurement processes.

Answer

Luke Pollard

The Defence Industrial Strategy and Strategic Defence Review set out plans to overhaul procurement. Our new segmented approach to procurement, supported by accelerated commercial pathways, is designed to enable programmes to get to contract faster and be ...

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