Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the spend to date of the AJAX programme.
As part of the wider Armoured Cavalry Programme £3.4 billion has been paid to date, of which £3.167 billion has been paid to General Dynamics as part of the firm price contract. The other payments cover Cannon Contracts with CTAI, Bowman Equipment Purchases/Connectivity Assurance Testing (General Dynamics Mission Systems) and infrastructure.