Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2024 to Question 15241 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, whether General Dynamics are absorbing any additional costs associated with the revised contractual terms of the Ajax programme.

The Ajax contract was amended in September 2023 to embody a revised delivery schedule and definition for Initial Operating Capability.

The contract amendment also included a revised payment schedule and incentivisation mechanism but did not increase the value of the firm price contract.

The terms and conditions are commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be released.