Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many equipment failure reports were filed for each type of (a) combat vehicle, (b) protected patrol vehicle and (c) reconnaissance vehicle in each of the last six years.

The number of equipment failure reports filed for each vehicle is included within the table below. These totals are for all failures reported to the Equipment Failure Reporting System; this will include reports raised incorrectly or unnecessarily. Totals are from 1 January to 31 December each year.

These figures reflect an increase in platform usage rates as the Army redeployed from operations in Afghanistan (where primarily Cougar variant Protected Patrol Vehicles and Jackal reconnaissance vehicles were used) to training on Challenger 2, Warrior, CVR(T), and Landrover vehicles. Equipment Failure Reports are raised for a wide range of fault types (from minor to major) and also for routine part replacement.

[1] Cougar Variants comprise Mastiff, Ridgback and Wolfhound