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Defence: Procurement

Asked by James CartlidgeConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 48150

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43178 on Defence: Procurement, how much has been spent on Project Appivate; and when the business case was first submitted.

Answered by Maria Eagle

Appivate is the RAF's own in-house software delivery team, established as an innovation initiative in 2021.

Since it was established, the total spend by RAF digital on Appivate up to the end of financial year 2024-25 was £26.2 million.

The Business Case referred to in the answer to Question 43178 was submitted to the Cabinet Office in March 2025.

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