HC Deb 03 July 2002 vol 388 cc318-9W
Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the performance of the SA80A2 rifle in Afghanistan; and what faults have been reported. [66017]

Mr. Ingram

The SA80-A2 is operating in a very difficult environment in Afghanistan with both dusty conditions and extremes of temperature. To date, three formal equipment failure reports have been filed from Afghanistan; this under a 100 per cent. fault reporting regime. In an operational environment any concerns are treated very seriously and a specialist team on the ground in Afghanistan is investigating these reports as a matter of urgency.

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Unit F wing R wing F wing R wing F wing R wing F wing R wing F wing R wing
Barkston Heath 158.4 0.2 173.3 0.1 161.3 0.1 151.3 0.3 129.8 0.1
Benson 103.4 11.7 106.3 28.5 112.9 31.0 74.8 28.1 70.6 35.0
Brize Norton 102.4 4.6 95.1 5.0 93.5 4.7 87.5 4.0 81.7 4.5
Chetwynd 0.1 53.0 0.0 79.0 0.0 82.2 0.0 74.4 0.0 77.8
Church Fenton 75.0 3.0 128.6 1.9 139.6 2.1 150.2 1.7 156.8 1.0
Coltishall 50.2 2.2 67.4 1.3 64.4 1.1 57.1 1.2 75.0 1.3
Coningsby 128.0 0.4 122.5 1.0 101.4 0.3 83.6 0.3 80.3 0.5
Cosford 77.5 4.9 58.6 5.0 64.7 6.4 69.2 7.2 61.2 7.1
Cottesmore 87.1 1.3 107.7 0.7 50.7 0.8 56.7 0.8 69.1 0.7
Cranwell 145.2 0.7 181.8 0.7 164.8 0.8 168.2 0.8 173.2 0.5
Culdrose 25.9 111.5 24.4 73.0 24.9 83.8 21.4 42.2 24.5 68.3
Fairford 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Kinloss 94.6 3.1 95.1 3.4 92.5 3.3 102.0 3.2 100.0 2.5
Lakenheath 97.6 0.5 96.2 0.3 81.5 0.4 85.1 0.0 86.3 0.0
Leeming 118.9 4.7 117.7 5.0 129.8 4.0 114.3 4.1 108.1 3.4
Leuchars 98.3 4.7 93.9 6.1 92.9 6.7 89.5 6.1 85.6 6.2
Linton-on-Ouse 125.0 2.1 122.8 2.4 157.8 2.5 139.6 1.8 145.5 1.6
Lossiemouth 89.1 5.2 88.2 5.6 92.2 4.8 83.3 4.6 78.2 5.2
Lyneham 122.8 4.8 131.4 5.6 134.1 4.1 107.1 3.8 95.0 4.2
Manston 111.0 5.2 100.8 4.1 16.1 1.4 1.6 7.6
Marham 47.9 1.3 49.2 1.2 46.3 1.0 45.5 1.0 46.9 0.8
Mildenhall 62.8 7.7 60.2 8.7
Mona 58.0 0.8 74.2 0.9 89.4 0.3 100.4 3.3 89.0 0.2
Northolt 33.5 5.9 32.6 5.4 32.2 5.0 31.7 5.0 31.1 5.0
Odiham 1.6 50.3 2.1 40.7 1.0 38.2 2.9 41.8 3.2 49.4
Scampton 0.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 28.6 0.1
Shawbury 3.7 108.0 4.1 154.2 3.8 176.4 3.8 154.0 4.3 152.7
St. Athan 39.6 0.6 5.1 0.8 59.3 0.5 54.5 0.7 49.9 0.8
St. Mawgan 42.6 30.9 41.1 26.4 44.2 27.4 44.9 28.2 45.4 31.6
Ternhill 0.0 72.6 0.0 105.0 0.0 95.4 0.0 80.8 0.0 77.8
Topcliffe 60.5 0.4 71.6 0.7 104.4 1.4 92.9 1.1 89.0 1.0
Valley 138.1 9.9 143.7 15.2 162.7 17.4 143.1 14.4 170.7 18.5
Waddington 60.0 3.2 58.6 4.3 58.5 4.8 63.0 3.9 59.2 5.4
Wittering 72.3 0.7 83.8 0.5 73.2 0.7 62.9 0.6 63.4 0.5
Woodvale 89.8 0.2 75.9 0.6 71.6 0.5 90.2 0.6 100.7 1.8
Wyton 82.3 1.9 107.8 2.3

An aircraft movement can be a landing or a take-off and an aircraft may record a number of movements in any one sortie.