Question follow-through · 98376

Ajax Vehicles: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received a request from the Defence Select Committee to provide information relating to the Ajax programme over the last twelve months.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
9 Dec 2025
Target answer date
11 Dec 2025
Answer
17 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has received a request from the Defence Select Committee to provide information relating to the Ajax programme over the last twelve months.

  2. 11 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    During the most recent oral evidence session on the AUKUS inquiry, held on 2 December 2025, the Chair of the Defence Committee asked the Department to share with them the advice given by the Chief of the General Staff and the National Armaments Director r...

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