Question follow-through · 94923
Ajax Vehicles: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of vibration sickness have been recorded with a) Ajax, b) Ares, c) Athena and d) other Ajax-variants since 6th November 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 4 Dec 2025 · 8 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
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many instances of vibration sickness have been recorded with a) Ajax, b) Ares, c) Athena and d) other Ajax-variants since 6th November 2025.
2 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2025
Answer published
Safety of personnel is a top priority for me. As reported to the House in my recent Written Statement dated 26 November. On 22 November, during a routine training exercise, around 30 soldiers operating in Ajax reported being affected by noise and vibratio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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