To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Warrior infantry fighting vehicles are being deployed to Afghanistan. (82830)

There are currently no Warrior vehicles in Afghanistan. The suitability of the current force package in Afghanistan is kept under regular review and future deployments will be tailored appropriately based on an assessment of the expected operational tempo and conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will assess the effectiveness of the allocations of spares for Apache helicopters in Afghanistan. (82962)

[holding answer 6 July 2006]: Our initial assessment is that the level of spares support to Apache attack helicopters in Afghanistan has been effective. The level of spares support is monitored on a continuing basis.