Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what milestones other than Reliability and Growth trials the Ajax armoured vehicle need to meet before it reaches initial operating capability.

Work to recover the Armoured Cavalry Programme is well underway and will be taken forward for formal approval by Ministers from this Department and His Majesty’s Treasury early in the New Year. Once that has concluded the Department will be in a position to report a revised delivery plan.