Forces In Europe Treaty

Mr. Arbuthnot
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give details of the limits imposed by the conventional forces in Europe treaty on the United Kingdom's holdings of treaty-limited equipment.

Mr. Archie Hamilton
The CFE treaty imposes ceilings on the holdings of certain types of equipment by each group of states. It obliges the members of each group to agree a division of these collective ceilings among themselves, and to notify the other parties. The allocations thus agreed for each nation can thereafter be increased with the consent of other members of the same group. As a result of consultations with our alliance partners, we have agreed the following allocations for the United Kingdom, to apply once the reductions necessitated by the treaty have been completed: --------------------------
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|Battle Tanks            |
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|Artillery               |
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|Armoured Combat Vehicles|
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|Combat Aircraft   |
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|Attack Helicopters|
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Mr. Arbuthnot
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give details of the numbers and types of United Kingdom equipment covered by the conventional forces in Europe treaty and their location.

Mr. Archie Hamilton
The information requested is as follows: --------------------------
|Type                    |
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|Battle Tanks            ||||
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|Chieftain               |
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|Challenger              |
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|Centurion               |
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|Total                   |
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|Artillery               ||||
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|M107                    |
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|M110                    |
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|M109                    |
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|FH70                    |
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|Abbot                   |
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|105 Lt Gun              |
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|5·5" Howitzer           |
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|Pack Howitzer           |
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|MLRS                    |
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|Total                   |
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|Armoured Combat Vehicles||||
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|FV432                   |
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|FV432 Rarden            |
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|Humber                  |
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|Saracen                 |
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|Spartan                 |
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|Saxon                   |
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|Saladin                 |
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|Scorpion                |
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|Warrior                 |
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|Total                   |
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|Combat Aircraft         ||||
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|Buccaneer               |
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|Canberra                |
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|Harrier                 |
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|Hunter                  |
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|Jaguar                  |
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|Lightning               |
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|Phantom                 |
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|Tornado                 |
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|Total                   |
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|Attack Helicopters      ||||
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|Gazelle                 |
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|Lynx                    |
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|Scout                   |
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|Total                   |
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A copy of the full United Kingdom CFE data declaration has been placed in the Library of the House.