Ajax Vehicles: Procurement
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's original budget for the Ajax armoured fighting vehicle programme was; how much his Department has spent since that programme started; and what the estimated final cost is in (a) real and (b) current terms.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Approved Budget Level (ABL) for the Armoured Cavalry (Ajax) Programme is £6.3 billion. This has not changed since 2015.
As at 31 March 2025, spend against the Ajax programme is £5.0 billion.
The estimated cost of the programme against this approval is £6.2 billion. The programme cost is estimated in real terms with inflation factored in.
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