Now that we have all had a laugh....back to business.
Draken55 wrote:
I guess the concern is not simply the fact the Army has horses but that it owns around 4000 of them.
However, I did a wee bit of digging and.......
This is from Hansard, 1st March 2007
Mr. Maples: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many horses are stabled at the Army’s expense but not owned by them; and what the total annual cost of keeping them is; [121904]
(2) how many horses the Army owns; and what the total estimated cost is of keeping them. [121905]
Derek Twigg: The number of horses currently owned by the Army is 626.
The total estimated cost of keeping these horses is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Similarly, information on the number of horses stabled at the Army’s expense, but not owned by them, and the financial arrangements for keeping them are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
So, either they bought an average of three horses a day since that statement was produced.....or they do not in fact own 4,000 Horses.
Draken55, your source of the 4,000 horses figure, if you please?
Beagle will correct me if I am wrong but I think £36.86 a week might still be a bit short of the mark.