Defence: Procurement
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April to Question 43178 on Defence: Procurement, what expenditure is involved in the Defence Marine Services - Next Generation; and when the business case was first submitted.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Full Business Case (FBC) was submitted to the Department’s Investment Approval Committee (IAC) members on 21 January 2025. Permission to proceed with the award of contracts was received on 9 April 2025.
The FBC authorised an Approved Budgetary Limit of £1.393 Billion over 10 years for the DMS-NG programme (including Ministry of Defence cost and risk provision).
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