In November 2025, the National Audit Office’s Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG) published his qualified opinion on the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Accounts 2024-25. This identified a value of £1.5bn in legacy projects carried out by the Atomic Weapons Establishment, which helps deliver the UK’s nuclear deterrent, the value of which had remained unchanged for several years. The MoD could not provide assurance to the C&AG that the continued recognition of this value was appropriate.
The NAO also identified a shortfall of £2.56bn in provisions for two other areas: compensation and costs to settle legal claims associated with personal injury claims, including noise-induced hearing loss; and compensation and resettlement costs relating to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy (ARAP) and the Afghanistan Response Route (ARR).
Noting the C&AG’s qualification of the MOD’s accounts, and the ongoing delays to the publication of the Defence Investment Plan, the Committee has announced an inquiry into the MoD’s Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25’, and will take oral evidence from senior MOD officials, including the Department’s Permanent Secretary. If you have evidence on these issues, please submit here by 23:59 on Monday 9 March 2026.
Please look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note that the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that is published elsewhere. The Committee decides what information to publish and how. You can request anonymity or confidentiality when you send evidence, but it is for the Committee to say whether it will agree.It may treat submissions confidentially, even where you have not requested this.
Please note that the Committee’s inquiry cannot assist with individual cases. If you need help with an individual problem you are having, you may wish to read the information on Parliament’s website about who you can contact with different issues.