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Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 5932, tabled on 8 December 2023

Question

Maria Eagle
Labour
Garston and Halewood
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to Q4 of the oral evidence given by Vice Admiral Andy Kyte to the Committee of Public Accounts on 13 November 2023, HC 66, what the key conclusions were of the review commissioned by the Permanent Secretary of his Department.

Answer

James Cartlidge
Conservative
South Suffolk
Commons

Answered on

13 December 2023

The review commissioned by Commander UK Strategic Command (UKStratCom), concluded that the Support Function should:

1. Adjust the Defence Support Operating Model (DSOM) to 'Focus deliverables, enhance Direct';

2. Defence Support and Top Level Budgets (TLBs) to more effectively collaborate on efficiencies and benefits;

3. Relaunch the Support Functional narrative;

4. Defence Support and DE&S to enhance constructive two-way engagement;

5. Defence Support should develop a plan to measure and monitor the maturity of the Function; and

6. Defence Support, UK Strategic Command and the Directorate of Sponsorship and Organisational Policy (DSOP) to strengthen the engagement between the Support Function and other Defence Functions.

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