Question follow-through · 69091
Boxer Vehicles: Supply Chains
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the supply chain for the Boxer programme is based in the (a) UK and (b) North East.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 28 Jul 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the supply chain for the Boxer programme is based in the (a) UK and (b) North East.
22 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Boxer programme is planned to deliver 60% by value of the original production contract from the UK.The long-term support solution for the programme is still under development but will look to build on the hundreds of UK jobs that have already been pro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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