Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will name the officers or officials in the current DE&S Ajax Reporting chain at (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3 and (d) 4 star level.

The key officials in the Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Ajax Reporting Chain are as follows:

1* - Head Combat Vehicles, Simon Pearson

2* - Director Land Environment, Major General Lizzie Faithfull-Davies

3* - Director General Core, Lieutenant General Anna-Lee Reilly

3* - DE&S CEO, Lieutenant General Simon Hamilton

4* - National Armaments Director, Rupert Pearce

The 2* Senior Responsible Owner (SRO) is Chris Bowbrick, who sits within Army HQ, not DE&S.