Sixth supplementary memorandum from the
Ministry of Defence
Further to our responses dated 5 February 2010,
relating to the oral evidence session with Minister for Defence
Equipment and Support and officials on 15 December 2009, we undertook
to write separately with a response to the Committee's question
below.
1. With regard to the reduction of the equipment
programme funding gap from £21 billion to £6 billion
during the previous planning round, what proportion of the reduction
was achieved by delaying activities beyond the ten year horizon
of the programme? [Q454]
In the order of 40% of the £15 billion
reduction was achieved by implementing measures involving significant
deferral of expenditure beyond the 10 year planning horizon of
the programme. Some of these measures also included elements of
programme de-scoping, which are included in the 40% figure.
18 February 2010
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