Nia Griffith
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which regiments have received Virtus body armour.
Nia Griffith
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individual service personnel have received custom-fitted Virtus body armour.
Harriett Baldwin
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Defence
As at 28 February 2017, 20,407 sets of Virtus body armour have been issued to land forces. Information on how many of these have been issued by units to individual personnel could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
As at 28 February 2017, the following units have received Virtus body armour:
40 Commando Royal Marines
42 Commando Royal Marines
45 Commando Royal Marines
1 Assault Group Royal Marines
24 Commando Regiment Royal Engineers
29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery
30 Commando Information Exploitation Group Royal Marines
Commando Logistic Regiment Royal Marines
Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines
Royal Marines Reserves Bristol
Royal Marines Reserves London
Royal Marines Reserves Mersey
Royal Marines Reserves Scotland
Commando Training Centre Royal Marines
Headquarters 16 Air Assault Brigade
Headquarters Force Troops Command
1st Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Brigade
7 Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
The King’s Royal Hussars
12 Regiment Royal Artillery
26 Regiment Royal Artillery
22 Engineer Regiment
23 Parachute Engineer Regiment
26 Engineer Regiment
32 Engineer Regiment
35 Engineer Regiment
101 Engineer Regiment (EOD)
1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland
1st Battalion the Princess of Wales’ Royal Regiment
1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment
2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment
1st Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh
2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment
3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment
2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles
2nd Battalion The Rifles
3rd Battalion The Rifles
4th Battalion The Rifles
5th Battalion The Rifles
3 Regiment Army Air Corps
13 Air Assault Support Regiment Royal Logistic Corps
16 Medical Regiment
7 Air Assault Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Special Operations Regiment Royal Military Police
4th Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment
216 (Parachute) Signal Squadron
Pathfinders Platoon
4th Battalion the Parachute Regiment
Infantry Training Centre (Catterick)
Support Weapons School (Warminster)
Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU)
2503 (County of Lincoln) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
2620 (County of Norfolk) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
2622 (Highland) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
2623 (East Anglian) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force
RAF Instructor Training Flight
Defence HUMINT Unit
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