Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether GDLS-UK has been notified of Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's 136 concerns which relate to the AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle programme.
The record of 136 concerns forms part of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory's (DSTL) quarterly report to Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) under their support contract. This is not released in full to GDLS-UK as this contains financial and commercially sensitive information.
However, the concerns are mapped into a design and safety issues log managed by DE&S which is shared with GDLS-UK .