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For reasons of security, we do not publish any further breakdown of this number.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:

1^st Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

1^st Battalion The Royal Welsh

1^st Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

102 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

5^th Battalion The Rifles

8th Battalion Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Kings Royal Hussars

Royal Dragoon Guards

Royal Lancers

Royal Tank Regiment