Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total budget of the Armoured Vehicles Programme has been in each year since 2010; and what estimate he has made of the budget of this programme in each year upto 2030.

.The total budget of the Armoured Vehicles Programme in each financial year (FY) since 2010 has been:

FY Expenditure (£ million)
2010-11 399
2011-12 391
2012-13 373
2013-14 357
2014-15 463

The estimate of the budget of this programme in each FY of the latest 10 year Equipment Plan up to 2025 is:

FY Expenditure (£ million)
2015-16 496
2016-17 592
2017-18 885
2018-19 1,047
2019-20 1,301
2020-21 1,534
2021-22 1,667
2022-23 1,717
2023-24 1,667
2024-25 1,294

Figures do not include non-Equipment Programme costs such as fuel, training and consumable inventory.