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Supplementary memorandum from the Ministry of Defence

 

A Defence Acquisition Reform Project team is currently developing a Strategy for Acquisition Reform, working to a Steering Group led by Lord Drayson.

 

The Strategy builds on the Report of Acquisition, by Bernard Gray, and the subsequent eight point plan response by the Defence Secretary to Parliament on 15 October.

 

The overarching aim of the Strategy is to develop a planning and management framework that will ensure an enduring affordable Equipment and Support Plan.

 

It will also detail how the delivery of the Equipment and Support plan will be improved, for instance, by up-skilling and by the production of a clear business-like structure between the Head Office and DE&S.

 

The various actions in the eight-point approach referred to above are all being progressed. As an example, the newly created Defence Board Sub-Committee on Equipment met for the first time on 23 November. This was a productive first meeting that was used to discuss the equipment programme and the sub-committee's future engagement.

 

The Strategy will be published alongside the Green Paper in the New Year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

14 December 2009