Written questions

Ajax Vehicles: Health and Safety

Commons · Question 107817 · Tabled 22 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement on Ajax, published on 22 January 2026, to what extent did departmental submissions not reflect the full breadth of known aggregated safety risk regarding vibrat

Answer

Answered by Luke Pollard, 28 Jan 2026

As I advised in my Written Statement on 22 January 2026, the outcome of the Ministerial review concluded that Departmental submissions were accurate in declaring Ajax as safe to operate. However, it also found Ministers should have been briefed more compr...