§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the cost of replacing Ministry of Defence Green Goddesses with an equivalent number of modern fire appliances.[81723]
§ Mr. RaynsfordI have been asked to reply.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister owns and maintains the Green Goddess fleet. Although the Office has considered the possibility of replacing Green Goddesses, there has been no specific assessment of the cost of replacing the Green Goddesses with an equivalent number of modern fire appliances.