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.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- 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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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Cadets: Crowborough · 15 Dec 2025
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- Ajax Vehicles: Procurement · 15 Dec 2025
- Defence: Procurement · 15 Dec 2025
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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
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.
11 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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