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Commons · Question 110769 · Tabled 4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 9 Feb 2026

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Asked by Steve Barclay

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he was made aware of conclusion 1 in the Sixty-second Report of the Committee of Public Accounts entitled Faulty energy efficiency installations, HC 1229, prior to the decision to appoint a new Permanent

Answer

Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones, 9 Feb 2026

The Ministry of Defence Permanent Secretary was appointed following an external competition and approval from the Prime Minister.The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero will respond to the Public Accounts Committee report (HC 1229) in the usual wa...

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