The Department confirmed that the Integrated Review—which had not been published at the time we took evidence—would contain substantially different capability choices from the current Equipment Plan.55 The government intends that the additional funding will be invested in capability enhancements and new technologies, and be used to help the Department to address the financial problems it has faced over the last five years.56 As Ministers had not yet made final decisions, the Department could ...

The Department confirmed that the Integrated Review—which had not been published at the time we took evidence—would contain substantially different capability choices from the current Equipment Plan.55 The government intends that the additional funding will be invested in capability enhancements and new technologies, and be used to help the Department to address the financial problems it has faced over the last five years.56 As Ministers had not yet made final decisions, the Department could not set out what proportion of the additional funding would be used to develop new capabilities.57 The Department told us that details of the specific ne Type: conclusion | Number: 20 | Response status: under_consideration Government response: 2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: June 2021 2.2 Following the publication of the Integrated Review on 16 March 2021, the MOD published a summary of key spending and investment decisions in the Defence