Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department were first informed of the vibration linked issues surrounding the Ajax programme.

On 9 November 2020 my office was informed that Ajax training had been paused due to a safety concern relating to noise. I requested a formal submission (which was received on 13 November 2020) which made reference to vibration.

The timelines related to Noise and Vibration are being investigated as part of the ongoing Health and Safety Review and I refer the Rt hon. Gentleman to the Written Ministerial statement dated the 6 September 2021.