Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many pairs of Peltor ear defenders have been issued to the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force.

Since the introduction of the Tactical Hearing Protection System in 2015, Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) has issued the Peltor ComTac XP/ XPI to the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as set out below:

The legacy General Service Peltor Ear Muff has been purchased through the Logistics, Commodities and Services Transformation contract since 01 January 2022. A total of 50,944 have been issued across the three Services since this date, however we have been unable to provide a more detailed breakdown of this figure in the time available.