To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the deployments of three or more Challenger 2 tanks normally based in (a) Germany and (b) the UK in each of the last five years; and what the (i) deployment location and (ii) length of deployment was in each case. (103737)

I am withholding information regarding the deployments of three or more Challenger 2 tanks as disclosure of such information could have a bearing on our operational security and could place our servicemen and women in danger or at risk of potential harm.