Written question asked by Alison Seabeck (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 January 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 January 2015 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Monday, 26 January 2015. A substantive answer was provided by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 January 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

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Defence Equipment: Deployment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many vehicles within each group, included in his Department's contract made as a result of the sale of the Defence Support Group, need to be kept at readiness under that contract; whether the level of that readiness is decided by (a) the Joint Terrorism Analysis Centre or (b) him; and whether that contract contains provisions to allow that number to be changed in response to changing security threat situations.

Answer

The Department's contract made as a result of the sale of the Defence Support Group does not set readiness levels for keeping vehicles.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

221534

Session

2014-15

Subjects

Deployment Defence equipment

Link

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