Ministerial role
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology (including Defence Exports)
Organisations:
Ministry of Defence
Responsibilities
The minister is responsible for delivering the Equipment Plan, DE&S reform, relations with defence industry and exports.
Priority areas:
- DE&S reform
- current delivery of the Defence Equipment Plan
- defence exports
Other responsibilities include:
- defence equipment and support agenda
- UK/France High Level Working Group
- Defence Science and Technology (including DSTL)
- joint support chain
- asset disposal, including PEX(A) lead
- defence relations with Asia and the Gulf
Previous holders of this role
-
Philip Dunne MP
2012 to 2015
-
Peter Luff
2010 to 2012
Announcements
Subscriptions
- Improved Brimstone missile enters service with RAF
- Ministry of Defence Ministerial appointments finalised
- MOD announces contract to run military logistics
- MOD sells the Government Pipeline and Storage System for £82 million
- UK to deliver secure communications with new satellite move
- MOD announces investment in upgrading helicopter fleet
- Ministry of Defence announces preferred bidder for Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre
- Building state-of-the-art facilities at Dstl
- Opportunities for UK technology companies in the US defence market
- Building future forces and using modern technologies to meet with rising international strife and changing geopolitical balances