Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 17793

Defence: Procurement

Tabled: 10 July 2026
Answered: 20 July 2026

Question

Stuart Anderson

ConservativeSouth Shropshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 31 of his Department's Defence Investment plan, published 30 June 2026, what new measures he has introduced on single source contract regulations to incentivise on-time delivery and product

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Department has been working at pace on a review of the Single Source Contract Regulations, which governs some of the nation’s largest and most strategically important defence procurements and accounts for around half of defence spending on equipment. ...

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