Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has his Department spent on the (a) development and (b) procurement of Ajax, by financial year.
The following payments have been made for the financial years 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2021:
Financial Year | Demonstration Phase | Manufacture Phase | Total of D&M Phase |
| (£million Payments inc-VAT) | (£million Payments inc-VAT) | (£million Payments inc-VAT) |
2010/11 | 47.57 | - | 47.57 |
2011/12 | 146.49 | - | 146.49 |
2012/13 | 55.76 | - | 55.76 |
2013/14 | 110.40 | - | 110.40 |
2014/15 | 155.37 | 84.60 | 239.97 |
2015/16 | 28.80 | 165.87 | 194.67 |
2016/17 | 89.76 | 213.21 | 302.98 |
2017/18 | 5.23 | 277.27 | 282.50 |
2018/19 | 20.59 | 521.16 | 541.75 |
2019/20 | 16.03 | 564.51 | 580.55 |
2020/21 | 12.65 | 463.72 | 476.36 |
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Total to Date: | 688.64 | 2,290.35 | 2,978.99 |
In addition, there have been £188 million in in-service payments outside of the Demonstration and Manufacture Phase costs.