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1676962

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the size of the Challenger 2 tank fleet; whether it remains his policy that 148 existing Challenge 2 tanks will be upgraded to the Challenger 3 programme; and what his plans are for those tanks not scheduled for upgrade.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There are 213 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks in service. It remains the Department’s policy to build 148 Challenger 3 tanks. A decision on what will happen to the remaining Challenger 2 platforms has not yet been taken.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:27:35 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676963

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Challenger Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Challenger tanks have been donated to Ukraine since 24 February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has donated 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine since 24 February 2022.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/12/2023 16:05:36 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676964

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Tanks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any (a) Chieftain and (b) Challenger 1 tanks remain in storage.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any Chieftain or Challenger 1 Main Battle Tanks in storage.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:48:59 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676966

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Warrior Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many warrior armoured fighting vehicles are (a) in service, (b) set to be retired and (c) declared for disposal since November 2022.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There are currently 625 Warrior in service. Activity is ongoing to draw the Warrior fleet down to the post-Integrated Review 21 funded position of 540 platforms and to reflect the <em>Future Soldier</em> structure. On current planning, Warrior will be retired from service by the end of 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Across the initial tranches of disposal, 172 platforms were identified. Two tranches were completed prior to November 22, and 138 of the 172 platforms have been declared for disposal since this date.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:28:04 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676967

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Warrior Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Warrior vehicles have been donated to Ukraine since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has not donated Warrior vehicles to Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/12/2023 12:28:21 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676968

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what types of FV107 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles (a) went out of service and (b) remain in service since November 2022; how many out of service FV107 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles have been disposed of; and of those disposed how many were (i) managed through the Defence Equipment Sales Agency and (ii) sold externally including to whom they were sold.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>As at 31 March 2023 no FV107 Scimitar remain in service, with 102 withdrawn since November 2022.</p><p>Since November 2022, through the Defence Equipment Sales Agency, one FV107 Scimitar has been disposed of and 18 have been sold externally. I am withholding the details of the end customers due to commercial confidentiality.</p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:48:43 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676969

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Armoured Fighting Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many FV107 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles have been donated to Ukraine since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has not donated any FV107 Scimitar reconnaissance vehicles to Ukraine.</p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/12/2023 12:28:35 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676970

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Chinook Helicopters: Decommissioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chinooks (a) have been and (b) are scheduled to be retired since February 2022; and what his Department's policy is on disposing these helicopters.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Following the Integrated Review, nine Chinook airframes are being retired from the fleet of 60. Four airframes have been retired so far with the remaining five due to be withdrawn from service by 2025.</p><p>Retired airframes will be disposed of in accordance with normal Ministry of Defence policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:28:56 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676971

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Ukraine: Chinook Helicopters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chinooks have been donated to Ukraine since February 2022.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>The UK has not donated any Chinook to Ukraine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wells answering member printed James Heappey question first answered 19/12/2023 12:29:23 answering member 4528 label Biography information for James Heappey
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis

1676972

registered interest
date	11/12/2023
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Defence Equipment: Land Mines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) minefield breaching systems and (b) Trojan armoured engineer vehicles remain in use by the army; and whether he has plans to (i) retire and (ii) dispose of existing minefield breaching systems.
tabling member constituency	Norwich South
tabling member printed	Clive Lewis
uin	6233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>There are three types of minefield breaching systems currently in use with the British Army and there are no current plans to retire or dispose of any of them.</p><p> </p><p>As per the annual published statistics on Armed Forces’ Equipment and Formations, there are currently 32 Trojan platforms in service. The latest publication of these statistics can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2023" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 19/12/2023 12:29:46 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
tabling member	4500 label Biography information for Clive Lewis