Body Armour: Procurement
Commons · Question 114221 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the ability of Defence Equipment and Support to incorporate a UK sovereign component into all upcoming body armour procurement programmes.
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 27 Feb 2026
Defence Equipment & Support works within operative procurement rules and frameworks, such as the Procurement Act 2023 and the Land Industrial Strategy, which encourage compliant bids from UK suppliers in the delivery of Defence equipment programmes, i...