§ Patrick MercerTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made to replace the Army's fleet of Alvis 4 Mamba vehicles. [34403]
§ Dr. MoonieI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 5 February 2002,Official Report, column 858W, to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South (Mr. Hancock).
Location of UK regular forces overseas 1 January 2000—1 December 2001 2000 1 Jan. 1 Feb. 1 March 1 April 1 May 1 June 1 July 1 Aug. 1 Sept. 1 Oct. 1 Nov. 1 Dec. Total overseas 39,888 40,841 40,641 42,708 42,855 43,082 42,922 41,389 44,704 44,931 44,173 43,754 Europe 29,318 29,866 29,076 28,818 28,386 26,946 25,332 25,416 25,740 25,301 26,969 26,961 Cyprus 3,610 3,590 3,566 3,631 3,604 3,525 3,514 3,626 3,641 3,687 3,705 3,686 Gibraltar 413 429 473 457 407 396 412 418 424 429 427 407 Other Mediterranean, near east and Gulf 1,457 1,449 1,296 1,502 1,615 1,606 1,074 1,011 995 966 1,531 1,537 Far East 295 297 300 297 279 292 938 926 904 890 289 338 Other locations 4,795 5,210 5,930 8,003 8,564 10,317 11,652 9,992 13,000 13,658 11,252 10,825
2001 1 Jan. 1 Feb. 1 March 1 April 1 May 1 June 1 July 1 Aug. 1 Sept. 1 Oct. 1 Nov. 1 Dec. Total overseas 37,658 39,378 39,378 38,898 37,829 38,695 40,922 40,958 43,562 47,020 44,292 43,044 Europe 24,047 24,290 23,275 22,948 22,520 21,811 21,013 21,593 20,739 19,600 20,335 23,924 Cyprus 3,455 3,565 3,429 3,659 3,653 3,516 3,491 3,625 3,150 3,708 3,560 3,566 Gibraltar 452 474 584 485 463 473 464 462 401 434 408 414 Other Mediterranean, near east and Gulf 1,382 1,522 1,694 1,553 1,347 1,576 2,274 2,538 3,801 9,520 8,804 4,388 Far East 308 325 276 273 266 262 280 279 280 275 278 283 Other locations 8,014 9,202 10,120 9,980 9,680 11,057 13,400 12,461 15,191 13,483 10,907 10,469