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Written question asked by Luke Akehurst (Labour) on Thursday, 10 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 14 September 2026. It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Friday, 18 September 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence: Procurement

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the estimated value is of defence procurement programmes that have received departmental approval but are awaiting contract signature.

Answer

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) does not hold information in the specific format requested. The Department reviews and grants departmental approval at programme level. However, a single approved procurement programmefrequently encompasses multiple underlying contracts.

These individual contracts are often distributed across differing stages of pre-award finalisation, commercial negotiation, or international partnership development. Our central tracking systems monitor approvals by macro-programme capability rather than at an aggregated ledger of un-signed contract valuations, compiling a single estimated value could only be achieved at disproportionate cost. The Department remains fully committed to commercial transparency.

To maintain public accountability without disrupting active commercial negotiations, the MOD continuously publishes its upcoming commercial pipeline via the UK 1 Pipeline Notice on Find a Tender, in alignment with modern transparency obligations.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
28920
Session
2026-27
Subjects
Contracts Defence Procurement
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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