Question follow-through · 95381
Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what bonuses were paid to the Ajax team at Defence Equipment and Support over the past 5 years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 3 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 5 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
28 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what bonuses were paid to the Ajax team at Defence Equipment and Support over the past 5 years.
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
Due to Defence Equipment and Support's flexible resourcing model, performance awards would have been made on an individual basis and as a result of overall organisational performance, rather than solely on the outcomes of a specific programme.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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