{"value":{"id":1676972,"askingMemberId":4500,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-12-11T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-12-13T00:00:00","uin":"6233","questionText":"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.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4519,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-12-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>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.</p><p> </p><p>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: <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2023\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2023</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Landmines: Bomb Disposal","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1676972","method":"GET"}]}