Written question asked by Peter Bradley (Labour) on Thursday, 4 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 5 November 1999. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Friday, 5 November 1999 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle programme. - Includes figure.

Answer: Mr. Peter Bradley: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle programme. [97922] Mr. Hoon: I am pleased to announce that the UK and Germany today signed a contract with ARTEC GmbH, a consortium including Alvis Vehicles Ltd. from the UK, for the development of a family of armoured utility vehicles, known in the UK as the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV). The MRAV programme will provide the British Army with a modern and flexible family of armoured utility vehicles that can operate in both high intensity conflict and in rapid response peace support and humanitarian operations world-wide. The contract represents a major step forward in European co-operation in armoured vehicles, and will be procured through the quadrilateral Organisation for Joint Armaments Cooperation known as OCCAR. This contract will help secure up to 500 manufacturing jobs within the UK supplier base over the life of the programme, the majority of which will be in the Telford area.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 97922; 337 c341-2W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Contracts Defence equipment Armoured fighting vehicles Employment International cooperation Germany Manufacturing industries Procurement United Kingdom Telford OCCAR ARTEC
Contains statistics: Yes