asked Her Majesty's Government:

What is the difference between the working life assumed for military vehicles for the purpose of through-life costing and their actual working lives in operational conditions. [HL548]

We expect to have to repair and overhaul military vehicles used on operations more often than is normally planned in through-life costings. At a fleet management level, however, it is not envisaged that this will affect the original assumptions on the working life of the vehicle.