MoD supply chain running on ‘a wing and a prayer’ warns mp  

Commenting on the publication of the National Audit Office’s report into how the Ministry of Defence manages the delivery of equipment to military operations, South Norfolk MP Richard Bacon, a member of the Commons public accounts committee, said: “ The Ministry of Defence has had problems with the supply chain for military equipment for decades. The MoD naturally wants to get our troops what they need as soon as it can, but it is wasting money by sending too many routine items by air. “ While the MoD says 80 per cent of supplies should be sent by surface shipping and only 20 per cent by air, in practice most equipment is sent by air, and in Afghanistan the split has been 70/30 in favour of air transport. Many routine items are being flown to Afghanistan and switching just 10 per cent of cargo to surface routes could save £15 million a year. “ The MoD isn’t collecting enough...