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<p>The Ministry of Defence is committed to appropriate transparency of its finances,
and we make regular reports to Parliament on our expenditure as well as being subject
to regular National Audit Office studies on various aspects of our expenditure. In
particular, we produce an account of the Department's actual expenditure every year
in the Annual Report and Accounts, and we also publish annually a detailed report
on the Equipment Plan, focusing on departmental spending on the procurement and support
of military equipment. These reports set out actual expenditure at the end of the
relevant financial year. We published the 2018-19 Annual Report before the summer
recess and the equipment plan report is due to be published later this year.</p><p>The
figures concerned are estimates and are subject to variations in expenditure that
take place throughout the year as the Department undertakes its business. The definitive
record of our expenditure is set out in the Annual Report and Accounts and Equipment
Plan. The Annual Report for the year ending 31 March 2020 will be published in summer
2020 and the Equipment Plan 2019 is due to be published later this year. The latest
versions of both publications can be found at:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministry-of-defence-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-19</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-defence-equipment-plan-2018</p>
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