Question follow-through · 97155
Ajax Vehicles: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measure will the Ministerial led review into the Ajax programme use to assess the effectiveness of the Department in implementing actions of previous reviews.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 9 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
4 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what measure will the Ministerial led review into the Ajax programme use to assess the effectiveness of the Department in implementing actions of previous reviews.
8 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
9 Dec 2025
Answer published
The Ministerial Review has already begun. The review will be supported by an expert challenge panel including the Secretary of State's Strategic Advisor Malcolm Chalmers, and military personnel. I have committed to report progress on the Ajax investigatio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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