§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what stocks his Department holds of(a) desert boots, (b) desert clothing and (c) Combat 95 clothing; and if he will make a statement. [92136]
§ Mr. IngramAs at 17 January 2003 we held, in central stocks: 16,300 pairs of desert combat boots; 30,800 pairs of desert trousers and 24,000 desert jackets; and 262,986 lightweight jackets, 399,902 pairs of combat trousers and 220,877 field jackets.
Information on unit level holdings of these items is not held centrally. Contracts have been placed to ensure the supply of sufficient desert boots, desert jackets and desert trousers. Our normal requirement is to hold sufficient stocks of desert boots and clothing to kit to scale the Joint Rapid Reaction Force.