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The EFR System is the mandated system for equipment users to report failures, such as accidental damage, maintenance related failures and breakdowns, or the failure of an item fitted to the vehicle. It does not incorporate the results of subsequent investigations and therefore does not differentiate between what might later prove to have been a problem caused by operator error or damage sustained as a result of operations. Nor does this data record the severity of a failure which might have no discernible impact on operational capability or safety.

Serious Equipment Failures
	2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009
	Iraq	Afg	Iraq	Afg	Iraq	Afg	Iraq	Afg	Iraq	Afg	Iraq	Afg
Armoured Vehicles
CRMBT	n/a	n/a	4	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	0
CVR(T)	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0
Bulldog	n/a	n/a	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0
432 Mk2	n/a	n/a	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mastiff	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	4
Saxon	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Vector	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	10	4	4	3	1
Warrior	n/a	n/a	11	0	32	0	6	0	2	10	0	1
Titan	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Trojan	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Small Arms
9mm Browning	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9mm Sig Sauer P226	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
SA80	n/a	n/a	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LSW	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
LMG	n/a	n/a	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GPMG	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
UGL	n/a	n/a	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sniper	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HMG .50	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0

A SEF is defined as a failure or suspected failure that results in, or has the potential to result in personal injury, loss of life or serious damage. An EFR can become a SEF, so some of the figures in the SEF table relate to the same incident in the EFR table. SEF figures for 2004 are not readily available and could be obtained and analysed only at disproportionate cost.

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Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the cost of replacing equipment which is destroyed or has become unserviceable on military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan is met from (a) his Department's core budget, (b) the contingency reserve or (c) another source; [259159]

(2) whether the cost of repairing equipment following military operations in Iraq or Afghanistan is met from (a) his Department's core budget, (b) the contingency reserve or (c) another source. [259160]

Mr. Quentin Davies: While on current operations, all equipment costs that result from a level of activity that is higher than that programmed in the core budget are funded by the Treasury Reserve.

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