Question follow-through · 98882
Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8th December 2025, to question 96358 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement, a) how much money was spent and b) what specific work was completed under Project RARDEN in each of the p
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 16 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Challenger Tanks · 15 Dec 2025
- Armoured Fighting Vehicles · 15 Dec 2025
- Guided Weapons: Procurement · 15 Dec 2025
- Guided Weapons: Procurement · 15 Dec 2025
- Warrior Vehicles: Decommissioning · 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
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 8th December 2025, to question 96358 on Armoured Fighting Vehicles: Procurement, a) how much money was spent and b) what specific work was completed under Project RARDEN in each of the p
16 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Dec 2025
Answer published
There has been no money spent or specific work carried out under Project Rarden in the last ten years.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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