To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) main battle tanks and (b) other armoured fighting vehicles, broken down by type, were deployed to Iraq for the purposes of military operations there; what proportions of each of these (i) were destroyed or seriously damaged in action, (ii) were rendered unserviceable through other causes and (iii) were operationally available at the conclusion of the fighting. [112088]

The information requested is as follows.

116 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tanks (CR2) were deployed to theatre.

982 other armoured fighting vehicles were deployed on OP TELIC broken down as follows:

Vehicle type	Number
Challenger Armoured Recovery Vehicles (CRARRV)	26
WARRIOR—Medium Armoured Fighting Vehicles	239
CVR(T)—Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles	212
FV 430—Light Armoured Fighting Vehicles	430
AS90—155mm Artillery Piece	32
AVLB—Armoured Vehicle Launching Bridge	12
AVRE—Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineer	12
CET—Combat Engineer Tractor	19

Of the vehicles listed in the previous table, five were destroyed as follows:

Vehicle type	How destroyed
CR2	Tank Battle
CVR(T) SCIMITAR	Air Land Battle
CVR(T) SCIMITAR	Air Land Battle
CVR(T) SCIMITAR	Rolled Vehicle
CVR(T) SULTAN	Drowned Vehicle

Availability of armoured vehicle types fit for combat between the beginning of the deployment and the conclusion of decisive combat operations on 30 April varied as shown:

Vehicle type	% Availability
CR2	73–97
CRARRV	81–100
WARRIOR	74–96
CVR(T)	78–100
FV430	75–98
AS90	88–100
AVLB	75–100
AVRE	67–100
CET	11–83

Availability of armoured vehicles fit for combat at the conclusion of decisive combat operations is listed.

Vehicle type	% Availability
CR2	73
CRARRV	95
WARRIOR	78
CVR(T)	80
FV430	84
AS90	100
AVLB	100
AVRE	100
CET	53

These figures were compiled under operational conditions and may therefore be subject to further revision.