Ministry of Defence annual report and accounts 2012-13 : eighth report of session 2013-14 /
Great Britain.Parliament.House of Commons.Defence Committee.
Arbuthnot, James.
Stationery Office (Great Britain)
London : The Stationery Office,
2014.
In this report the Defence Committee expresses concern about the amount and quality of information provided in the MoD's Annual Report. Much work is still needed before it meets the standards the Committee would expect to see. The Committee identifies a number of key areas that should be included in the MOD's annual report in future. These include: the readiness levels of the Armed Forces, manning and outflow statistics in all Services, the performance of Defence Equipment and Support in procuring and maintaining defence equipment and performance against transformation projects in the MoD including the reform of the Armed Forces - Future Force 2020. For the seventh successive year, the Comptroller and Auditor General qualified the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Accounts for 2012-13 on a number of grounds. Whilst recognising that the MoD is finally taking inventory management seriously, the Committee is still concerned that much needs to be done to remedy the poor state of inventory control. A particular area of concern is that the Armed Forces have significant shortages in key specialists and the rate of voluntary outflow is higher than the 10 year average. The MoD must do more to retain service personnel in vital trades where there are shortages. Certain specialists such as intensive care nurses, engineering and intelligence personnel are particularly low in numbers and hard to replace due to their technical experience and qualifications.
HC 653.
"Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence".
"Published 14 January 2014".
The MoD's annual report and accounts 2012-13 published as HC 38, session 2013-14 (ISBN 9780102984422)
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In this report the Defence Committee expresses concern about the amount and quality of information provided in the MoD's Annual Report. Much work is still needed before it meets the standards the Committee would expect to see. The Committee identifies a number of key areas that should be included in the MOD's annual report in future. These include: the readiness levels of the Armed Forces, manning and outflow statistics in all Services, the performance of Defence Equipment and Support in procuring and maintaining defence equipment and performance against transformation projects in the MoD including the reform of the Armed Forces - Future Force 2020. For the seventh successive year, the Comptroller and Auditor General qualified the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Accounts for 2012-13 on a number of grounds. Whilst recognising that the MoD is finally taking inventory management seriously, the Committee is still concerned that much needs to be done to remedy the poor state of inventory control. A particular area of concern is that the Armed Forces have significant shortages in key specialists and the rate of voluntary outflow is higher than the 10 year average. The MoD must do more to retain service personnel in vital trades where there are shortages. Certain specialists such as intensive care nurses, engineering and intelligence personnel are particularly low in numbers and hard to replace due to their technical experience and qualifications.