Defence - Second Report

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 November 2006.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

2  Annual Performance Report

Achieving military objectives

Conflict prevention

Readiness

Helicopters

Air transport

NATO and ESDP

Recruitment and retention

Manning Balance

Recruitment

Voluntary outflow

Manning pinchpoints

Separated Service against Harmony Guidelines

Training

Stretched or overstretched?

Civilian staff

Diversity

Defence Procurement

Value for Money

2002 Spending Review Value for Money Target

2004 Spending Review Efficiency Target

Agencies

Agency status

Agency performance

3  Consolidated Departmental Resource Accounts

Unqualified audit opinion

Laying of Annual Report and Accounts

Losses

Reducing losses

Specific cases

Conclusions and recommendations

Annex: List of Abbreviations

Formal Minutes

List of Witnesses

List of written evidence

Defence Committee Reports in this Parliament

List of Evidence

Oral evidence taken on Tuesday 24 October 2006

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Prepared 13 December 2006