Armed Forces: Vehicles

Defence written question – answered at on 12 July 2010.

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Photo of David Wright David Wright Labour, Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-combat vehicles are rented by each of the armed services.

Photo of Peter Luff Peter Luff The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence

The UK White Fleet contract accounts for approximately 90% of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) short-term hires made in the UK. The breakdown is as follows:

Top level budget Total number hires FY 2009-10
Air Command 19,960
Chief Joint Operations 5,413
Defence Equipment & Support 50,534
Defence Estates 6,224
Land Forces 85,033
Navy Command 26,075
The Central TLB 25,769
Trading Funds 295
Total 219,302

The number of short-term hires through the British Forces Germany White Fleet contract was 17,527. In addition, short-term overseas hires booked through MOD's Defence Travel Cell for the financial year 2009-10 amounted to 4,787.

It is not possible to break down the numbers of short term hires on a per service basis, as bookings are made using civilian titles for security reasons.

Hires through Government Procurement Cards, MOD agencies such as the Defence Support Group, Met Office and the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and overseas dependencies fall outside the scope of White Fleet contracts and have separate local arrangements. These details are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

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