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Written question asked by Maria Eagle (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 February 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 February 2024 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Monday, 26 February 2024 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Aspire Defence

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to page 120 of his Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23, HC1468, published in July 2023, for what reason there was constructive loss relating to Aspire.

Answer

The ASPIRE Programme was intended to digitise (where appropriate) the Air Engineers' Toolkit (AET) processes, procedures, and tools with the aim of reducing the training burden and facilitating movement between delivery teams more effectively.

The value of the loss represents the value spent to date on the programme. Alternative routes to develop the work package are currently being explored. It is expected that an element of the current Aspire expenditure may become part of the scope of the product replacement programme.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
15020
Session
2023-24
Related items
Subjects
Aspire Defence
Link
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