Committees

Defence Equipment and Support

Inquiry

This inquiry will examine the work of Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S), an arm’s length body of the Ministry of Defence (MoD), which manages a range of defence equipment and service purchases for the UK’s armed forces. The Committee will consider the strengths and failings of DE&S’ current approach to defence procurement, and whether there are lessons to be learned.

The Sub-Committee welcomes written submissions from all interested parties. However, the Sub-Committee would be particularly grateful to receive submissions from those with direct experience of working with DE&S itself, whether within MoD and the Armed Forces or the defence supply chain. The Committee normally publishes written evidence that meets parliamentary rules. Please state in your submission if you wish for the Committee to keep it confidential or to anonymise it before publication.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 28 April 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Ninth Report - It is broke — and it’s time to fix it: The UK’s defence procurement system
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Eighth Special Report - It is broke — and it’s time to fix it: The UK’s defence procurement system: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth report
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HC 1854
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Eighth Special Report - It is broke — and it’s time to fix it: The UK’s defence procurement system: Government response to the Committee’s Ninth report
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Oral evidence transcripts

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21 June 2023
Inquiry Defence Equipment and Support
Witnesses Francis Tusa (Editor at Defence Analysis), Robert Clark (Director of Defence & Security at Civitas), and Dominic Nicholls (Associate Editor (defence) at The Telegraph)
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Oral Evidence
7 June 2023
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Witnesses Lt. Gen (ret’d) Sir Mark Poffley (Former deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Financial and Military Capability) at Ministry of Defence), and Air Chief Marshal (ret’d) Sir Stephen Hillier (Former Chief of the Air Staff at Ministry of Defence)
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Oral Evidence
17 May 2023
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Witnesses Lucia Retter (Research Lead at RAND Europe), Matt Uttley (Chair in Defence Studies at King’s College London), and Professor John Louth, independent author and defence analyst
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Written evidence

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Ministry of Defence (DES0042)
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Emeritus Professor David Kirkpatrick, and Mr Ian Holder (DES0041)
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Mr Christopher Samuel (DES0040)
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