Question to the Ministry of Defence:

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.

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