Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the UK Armed Forces equipment and formation figures 2022, for what reason the 2022 figures show a reduction of 263 Protected Mobility Fighting Vehicles by comparison to the 2021 figures.

The Protected Mobility Fighting Vehicle (PM) fleet is made up of seven different vehicle families. The main reason for this reduction is the removal of the 218 Husky platforms from British Army service. This removal is part of ongoing work to rationalise the Land Fleet in order to benefit from increased commonality, modularity and opportunities of scale.

Other reductions in the PM fleet are due to the routine process of disposals.