The Ajax contract was amended in September 2023 to embody a revised delivery schedule and definition for Initial Operating Capability.<\/p>
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The contract amendment also included a revised payment schedule and incentivisation mechanism but did not increase the value of the firm price contract.<\/p>
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The terms and conditions are commercially sensitive and therefore cannot be released.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4519", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for James Cartlidge"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "South Suffolk"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "James Cartlidge"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2024-03-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "17283"} , {"_value" : "17284"} , {"_value" : "17285"} , {"_value" : "17286"} , {"_value" : "17287"} , {"_value" : "17288"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2024-03-13T12:08:29.853Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2024-03-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Ajax Vehicles: Procurement"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2024 to Question 15241 on Ajax Vehicles: Procurement, whether the revised contractual terms with General Dynamics include changes to spending related to the Ajax contract.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/400", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for John Healey"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Wentworth and Dearne"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "John Healey"} ], "uin" : "17282"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/431598", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/431598/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
By 2020, local government will retain 100% of business rates and will have the power to reduce business rates. Directly elected mayoral authorities, such as the Mayor of London, will have the power to levy a small supplement on business rates to fund new infrastructure.<\/p>
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