Defence Training Review

Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment has been made of the merits of an in-house bid as part of the Defence Training Review.

Mr. Watson
An in-house bid was assessed as not being a viable option for the Defence Training Review. It would not have provided the significant capital investment required to transform specialist training. In addition this route would not provide the technical innovation, performance discipline and risk transfer delivered through a public-private partnering/PFI solution.