Defence written question – answered at on 3 September 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) what estimate he has made of the value of maintenance contracts for (a) Tornado, (b) Typhoon and (c) Sea King aircraft in each of the last three years;
(2) how much was spent on maintenance work on (a) Tornado, (b) Typhoon and (c) Sea King aircraft in each location where each is permanently based in each of the last three years.
Information on the expenditure against the principal support and maintenance contracts for each type of aircraft in each of the last three financial years is contained in following table:
£ million (approximate) | |||
Financial year | |||
Aircraft type | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
Tornado | 334 | 328 | 378 |
Typhoon | 457 | 476 | 506 |
Sea King | 116 | 121 | 126 |
It is not possible to disaggregate expenditure for each aircraft type by location as the contracts are not let on this basis.
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