Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total cost is of the trials programme for the Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicle to date; and what proportion of those costs has been funded by (a) General Dynamics, (b) his Department and (c) other funding sources.

The information needed to answer my Rt Hon. Friend's questions is taking time to collate. I will write to him with a full answer shortly, and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.