Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) procurement and (b) whole life cost is of the Armour Main Battle Tank 2025 programme.

We do not routinely release forecast figures regarding the resource and capital expenditure of our major projects. Portfolio data is published annually in support of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority (IPA) Annual Report which includes a budget baseline and the latest HM Treasury approved estimates in respect of whole life costs.

The current report is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/infrastructure-and-projects-authority-annual-report-2022