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Defence: Procurement

Asked by Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 22 December 2025UIN 99719

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the largest sum ever recovered by his Department is following a successful legal action for liquidated damages against a contractor; and for which programme this applied.

Answered by Luke Pollard

The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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