He's not the Defence Procurement Minister - it was renamed Defence Equipment & Support and elevated to Minister of State status. (I think this was why Broon could "justify" Broon Mk2 getting the Scotland brief - he had an extra Minister of State. Could be wrong).
One could look at this two ways.
As the MoD rarely buy kit now and don't support it properly, what is there for him to do?
Following "his" Defence Industrial Strategy and DSTL (sorry, Defence) Technology Strategy (i.e. formalising handouts to BAeS, Thales and QinetiQ) it's a case of job done.
Interesting timing, what with the ****storm that may hit MoD when various BoI reports are released.