Speeches

Madeleine Moon – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Madeleine Moon on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) trucks for bridging, (b) medium girder bridges, (c) medium over girder bridges, (d) air portable ferry bridges, (e) pontoon sets, (f) LSB bridge and ramp sets and (g) launch sets are owned by his Department; how many are stored at MoD Ashchurch; and if he will make a statement.

Mr Philip Dunne

The following table summarises the requested vehicles and bridging equipment, and the quantity currently held by the Defence Support Group at Ashchurch:

Equipment Asset

Total Assets Held

Quantity Held by DSG at Ashchurch

Automotive Bridge Laying Equipment

29

11

Bridging Vehicle

64

28

Truck Bridge Transporter

45

12

Pontoon Set

3

3

Air Portable Ferry Bridge

11

2

Air Portable Ferry Bridge Trailers

66

23

Air Portable Bridge Powered Pontoons

22

10

Air Portable Ferry Bridge Pontoons

44

16

Medium Girder Bridges

9

1

Medium Girder Over Bridges

33

3

Logistic Support Bridge

18

7

Logistic Support Bridge Adjustable Ramp

17

9

Logistic Support Bridge Pier Set

3

2

Logistic Support Bridge Foot Walk

3

2

Logistic Support Bridge Distributions Beam

5

4

Logistic Support Bridge Span Junction

7

4

Logistic Support Bridge Launching Set

17

9

Logistic Support Bridge Long Span Set

8

3