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<p>We are committed to delivering large, complex and technologically challenging defence
programmes to give our military the very best equipment. In November 2018 we published
our most recent financial summary for the Equipment Plan, which explained that there
is a significant level of financial risk in the plan and that forecast costs exceeded
allocated funding by £7 billion across 10 years of the programme in April 2018.</p><p>As
part of our work to modernise and transform the Ministry of Defence, we are revising
our approach to improving military capabilities and improving efficiency to ensure
we focus on delivery of sustainable savings for reinvestment in the front-line. We
also continue to work closely with the National Audit Office to improve our management
of the Equipment Plan. We will take careful note of the concerns raised in the recent
Public Accounts Committee report on the Equipment Plan and will produce a formal response
in due course.</p>
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