questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Committee of Public Accounts Fifth Report of Session 2026-27 (HC95), paragraph 2, for what reason did the department not have adequate accounting records in relation to audit evidence that £6.1 billion of assets under construction had been classified correctly.
answerText: The Department did not maintain appropriate accounting records to support the classification of £6.1 billion of AWE assets under construction due to inadequate legacy record-keeping. Many of these costs are historic, some dating back to 15 years old, and ...
heading: Ministry of Defence: Public Expenditure