Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure the Mechanised Infantry Vehicles project meets its in-service date.

The Ministry of Defence takes active measures to ensure that projects deliver on-time and meet their in-service date.

For the Mechanised Infantry Vehicle, the Army and Defence Equipment and Support engage frequently with industry and our OCCAR partners through which we procure the vehicle. Those engagements include a rigorous Holding to Account process at all levels. The programme deliberately selected Boxer as a proven Off-The-Shelf capability already in-service with allies to de-risk delivery. Training and support planning has started early through support of our international allies who have Boxer, and lessons from other programmes are being dynamically incorporated. Boxer currently remains on track to meet its IOC in 2025 within the full programme schedule, which included provision for risks and delays. We continue to keep progress against the schedule under review.