To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Cougar/Mastiff armoured vehicles were fully operational in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan on 1 January 2007; and what his estimated timetable is for delivery of the remaining vehicles. (114588)

The first Mastiff vehicles were delivered to Iraq by 1 January 2007. For reasons of operational security I am not prepared to go into the detail of the delivery timetable and numbers of a new capability into an operational theatre, but on current plans the delivery of the remaining vehicles should be complete by summer 2007.