Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) minefield breaching systems and (b) Trojan armoured engineer vehicles remain in use by the army; and whether he has plans to (i) retire and (ii) dispose of existing minefield breaching systems.
There are three types of minefield breaching systems currently in use with the British Army and there are no current plans to retire or dispose of any of them.
As per the annual published statistics on Armed Forces’ Equipment and Formations, there are currently 32 Trojan platforms in service. The latest publication of these statistics can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2023.