Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse is of using, deploying and supporting a Challenger 2, based on the platform travelling 100 miles a day and firing on average 40 rounds per day, including manpower, equipment and consumables.

The Department carefully considers the cost of using, deploying and sustaining platforms, including those granted to Ukraine. The costs associated with the specific metrics requested by the right hon. Member would however be subject to many variables and include commercially sensitive information. I am therefore unable to provide an assured figure.