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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 29 June 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 July 2020 (named day). It was answered by Jeremy Quin (Conservative) on Thursday, 2 July 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Army: Vehicles

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on the future of (a) Mastiff and (b) other legacy Army vehicles.

Answer

The Army continues to rationalise its legacy vehicle fleets, work commenced in 2017 under the Land Environment Fleet Optimisation Plan. This work has already removed 2,831 vehicles from service and disposed of a number of legacy vehicle fleets. The next strand of this work seeks to remove several further legacy vehicle types from service, including the disposal of the Mastiff, Ridgeback and Wolfhound fleets.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
65952
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Army Vehicles
Link
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