Armed Forces: Body Armour

(asked on 27th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the roll-out of Virtus body armour to be complete.


Answered by
Harriett Baldwin Portrait
Harriett Baldwin
Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
This question was answered on 2nd March 2017

There have been 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour issued, with further sets to be issued, and the full operating capability for Virtus to occur in 2025.

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