PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(4 February 2026)

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 Secretary in his Department.

Asked by:
Steve Barclay (Conservative)

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 way.

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