Armed Forces: Equipment
(asked on 8th October 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) Attenuating Energy Projectiles, (b) Discriminating Irritant Projectiles, (c) Riot Batons, (d) Personal Protective Equipment for use in Riot Control operations, (e) Riot Shields, and (f) Non-Porous Bags used for the storage and transportation of corpses in financial years (i) 2019-20, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2017-18, and (iv) 2016-17.
The information requested is set out in the table below. Figures represent money that was allocated for these items each financial year (FY), not actual spend.
The Ministry of Defence does not use discriminating irritant projectiles. We cannot break down the allocated funding of body bags as they fall under a wider general supplies inventory.
| FY 2016-17 | FY 2017-18 | FY 2018-19 | FY 2019-201 |
Attenuating Energy Projectiles (L60) | £137,000 | £108,000 | £102,000 | £170,000 |
Riot Batons, Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Riot Shields2 | £0 | £0 | £1.91 million | £132,000 |
1 Funding allocations for 2019-20 have not yet been finalised
2 Batons, Shields and PPE are procured under a combined programme to deliver dismounted public order capability and therefore projected costs are inextricably linked.