Select Committee on Defence First Special Report


Reports from the Defence Committee since 2001

Session 2003-04
First ReportArmed Forces Pensions and Compensation HC 96-I &II (Cm 6109)
Second ReportAnnual Report for 2003 HC 293
Third ReportLessons of Iraq HC 57-I, II & III
Fourth ReportStrategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2002, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny HC 390

Session 2002-03
First ReportMissile Defence HC 290 (HC 411)
Second ReportAnnual Report for 2002 HC 378
Third ReportArms Control and Disarmament (Inspections) Bill HC 321 (HC 754)
Fourth ReportThe Government's Proposals for Secondary Legislation under the Export Control Act* HC 620 (Cm 5988)
Fifth ReportStrategic Export Controls: Annual Report for 2001, Licensing Policy and Parliamentary Scrutiny* HC 474 (Cm 5943)
Sixth ReportA New Chapter to the Strategic Defence Review HC 93-I & II (HC 975)
Seventh ReportDraft Civil Contingencies Bill HC 557 (Cm 6078)
Eighth ReportDefence Procurement HC 694 (HC 1194)

Session 2001-02
First ReportMinistry of Defence Police: Changes in jurisdiction proposed under the Anti-terrorism Crime and Security Bill 2001 HC 382 (HC 621)
Second ReportThe Threat from Terrorism HC 348 (HC 667)
Third ReportThe Ministry of Defence Reviews of Armed Forces' Pension and Compensation Arrangements HC 666 (HC 115)
Fourth ReportMajor Procurement Projects HC 779 (HC 1229)
Fifth ReportThe Government's Annual Report on Strategic Export Controls for 2000, Licensing Policy and Prior Parliamentary Scrutiny* HC 718 (Cm 5629)
Sixth ReportDefence and Security in the UK HC 518 (HC 1230)
Seventh ReportThe Future of NATO HC 914 (HC 1231)

Government Responses to Defence Committee reports are published as Special Reports from the Committee (or as Command papers). They are listed here in brackets by the HC (Cm) No. after the report they relate to.

* Joint with Foreign Affairs Committee, International Development Committee and Trade and Industry Committee.

TABLE 1: ENHANCED COMBAT BODY ARMOUR
ITEMSCALING PROCUREDISSUED
STOCKHOLDINGS
TOTAL STOCK
CENTRALARMY NAVYRAF NIIn-Theatre Op TELIC
Plates2 134,546160,866 40,3158,649 1,7712,292 18,86024,536 96,423
Fillers1 117,402207,927 23,23930,488 8,6496,142 9,8619,782 88,161
Covers:
Desert1 110,49949,697 46,255683 432127 -22,065 69,562
Temperate1 69,98096,510 9,6145,141 1,0871,015 10,0545,037 31,948
Total Covers180,479 146,20755,869 5,8241,519 1,14210,054 27,102101,510
Total ECBA Components 432,247515,000 119,42344,961 11,9399,576 38,77561,420 286,094

Note:

1. There were also 12,146 UN Blue Covers issued, although this item has not been included in the audit.

2. The 515,000 issues detailed above, together with 176,458 issues of CBA temperate and desert covers gives a total issues figure of 691,458 (this excludes relatively small issues of other components detailed at Table 2 Note 4).

TABLE 2: COMBAT BODY ARMOUR (COVERS)
ITEMSCALING PROCUREDISSUED
STOCKHOLDINGS
TOTAL STOCK
CENTRALARMY NAVYRAF NIIn-Theatre Op TELIC
Covers:
Desert1 -44,176 80,233- 139- -2,610 32,982
Temperate1 -132,282 71,08725,275 7,6621,306 2,9868 108,324
Total CoversSee Note 2 176,458101,320 25,2757,801 1,3062,986 2,618141,306

Notes:

1. The CBA figures are included for completeness, however, CBA Covers cannot be used with ECBA.

2. Quantities of CBA Covers procured was not sourced for this audit.

3. Fillers are listed as ECBA (Table 1) as they are common to both.

4. UN Blue (3,105 issued) and Royal Navy Covers (54 held by RN Units) have not been included in this audit. Also omitted were MOD Police Body Armour, Concealed High Velocity Body Armour, Searchers Body Armour and Improved Northern Ireland Body Armour. These are relatively small dependencies and would not materially affect the overall totals.


 
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