Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many CVR T Scimitar Reconnaissance vehicles remain in operational service with the British Army; and in which regiments those vehicles are deployed.
Details of the number of vehicles in the UK Armed Forces are published on an annual basis on the government’s website. The most recent publication can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-armed-forces-equipment-and-formations-2020.
For reasons of security, we do not publish any further breakdown of this number.
Regiments of the British Army which operate these vehicles are:
1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers
1st Battalion The Royal Welsh
1st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment
102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
5th Battalion The Rifles
8th Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
Kings Royal Hussars
Royal Dragoon Guards
Royal Lancers
Royal Tank Regiment