Originally Posted by
Asturias56
The PAC and similar outfits like the NAO have been screaming about MoD procurement and budgeting for 50 years
But nothing changes
Indeed, but more often than not the Committee takes aim at MoD procurers when it's not actually discussing a procurement failure.
The thrust of the current wailing is low stock levels and slow replenishment. DE&S's response, quite rightly, will be 'What's that got to do with us?'
Long standing MoD policy is 'Not In Time' (that evolved from 'Just In Time'). The report is actually recommending a change in this formal policy, which is thrust upon procurers. But it doesn't say that. It points the finger in completely the wrong direction - and it knows this. Any attempt to revert will take enormous effort and funding. Given WHO introduced the policy, for many years it has been a career killer to even suggest reverting.
The Treasury reply is likely to be, if you want to change, do so within existing resources. No-one on the committee, or the Defence Committee, or the NAO, will admit they've been warned of this many times in formal submissions, but have flatly refused to even mention it. This renders their outpourings meaningless headline grabbing self-aggrandisement. It does nothing for the Armed Forces.