Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2021 to Question 91857 on Ajax Vehicles: Finance, what the CADMID costs for the (a) AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle and (b) Armoured Cavalry Programme are.

The forecast cost for the Armoured Cavalry Programme is £5,915 million, from Assessment phase through to the end of the initial support contract. This includes the GDLS-UK firm price contract of £5.5 billion for the Ajax Armoured Fighting Vehicles as well as wider costs such as infrastructure. CADMID costs include future support costs and these will be agreed prior to the in-service date.