Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January to Question 98881, on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, what issues were (a) identified and then (b) resolved during the pause in delivery of the programme between June 2021-2023.

In 2021, under the last Government, the Department publicly acknowledged concerns about levels of noise and vibration on the Ajax vehicles. The issues were investigated at the time and appropriate remedial action was put in place. This remedial work was then validated through extensive testing.