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Armed Forces: Vehicles

Volume 507: debated on Thursday 11 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many vehicle urgent operational requirements of each type have been (a) ordered and (b) delivered to Headquarters Land Forces since 2006. (319489)

The breakdown of UOR vehicles by each type ordered and delivered since 2006 is as follows:

Vehicle

Total qty ordered

Number of UOR procurements

Date of first order

Achieved/forecast date of last delivery to MOD/user

Qty issued to Purple Gate

Qty delivered to land forces

Mastiff (1 and 2)

299

5

1 January 2007 2 August 2008

Spring 2011

275

207

Wolfhound

101

2

April 2009

Winter 2010/spring 2011

32

8

Ridgback

177

2

October 2008

Summer 2011

156

125

Jackal (1 and 2)

445

6

July 2007

Winter 2010

332

260

Coyote

76

1

April 2009

Spring 2010

52

36

Husky

333

2

February 2009

Spring 2010

218

86

Snatch Vixen (Plus)

100

1

March 2009

Summer 2010

87

49

Snatch Vixen

32

1

August 2008

Autumn 2008

31

0

Vector

198

5

June 2006

Spring 2011

178

127

Talisman Systems

6

1

July 2008

Spring 2010

0

0

Cougar

30

1

November 2008

Summer 2009

30

30

Warthog

115

2

December 2008

Autumn 2010

4

0

Springer

78

1

December 2008

Summer 2009

78

75

Total

1984 + 6 Talisman systems

30

1,473

1,003

The quantities delivered to land forces are for whole vehicle UOR platforms and do not include details of those vehicles delivered to MOD, awaiting receipt and inspection by land. It should be noted that while land forces is the major recipient of many of these UOR procurements, vehicles are also delivered to other defence users. Also excluded are non UOR vehicles which have had UORs added to them. In addition, I am withholding details of covert vehicles, civilian armoured vehicles, EOD vehicles and special forces procurements as this could compromise operational security.