Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 12 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 12 November 2009. It was answered by Lord Davies of Stamford (Labour) on Thursday, 12 November 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual level of spare part availability is for each (i) armoured vehicle type and (ii) aircraft type in the armed forces (A) overall and (B) in Afghanistan.
- Answer
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The information for armoured vehicles is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Information on spares availability for rotary-wing aircraft is not held in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The required level of spares for fixed-wing aircraft is included in contractual agreements with industry or is set by the Front Line Command. The achieved level of available spares is measured as part of these agreements. The following information for the required and achieved level of spares for each fixed-wing aircraft fleet is provided as at September 2009 unless otherwise stated. The level of spares for operational deployments to Afghanistan is not recorded separately unless otherwise stated.
Fixed Wing Aircraft Aircraft Requirement (1) Achieved¹ Typhoon Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry — Tornado GR4² — — Tornado F3 — — Harrier GR7/GR9/T10/T12 90 per cent. of spares to be delivered within the required delivery date. 94 per cent. Nimrod MR2/Rl Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry — Tristar 85 per cent. 82 per cent. VC10 80 per cent. 91 per cent. Sentry Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry³ — Sentinel 75, 95 and 95 per cent. of spares4 to be delivered within the required delivery date 83, 100 and 975 per cent. Hercules C-130J/K Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry — C-17 — — BAE 146 Spares availability is not measured6 — BAE 125 — — Dominie Spares availability is not measured — Hawk T1/T2 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry — Tucano — — Jetstream Spares availability is not measured — Vigilant Glider — — Viking Glider — — Islander and Defender 80 per cent. 66 per cent. ¹ Percentage figures have been rounded to the nearest whole per cent. ² The actual deployed level of spares in Afghanistan on 1 September 2009 was 99 per cent. ³ This corrects an earlier answer I gave on 27 January 2009, Official Report, columns 310-12W. 4 75 per cent. figure is for mission non-critical spares, 95 per cent. is for mission critical spares and 95 per cent. is for consumables. 5 This was for the period July to September 2009. 6 These aircraft are military derivatives of civil aircraft. Spare parts are procured on a 'just-in-time' basis from the civil market to supplement minimum stock holdings held at the main and forward operating bases.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 297942; 499 c700-1W
- Session
- 2008-09
- Related items
- Notes
- Question reprinted with table.
- Subjects
- Defence equipment
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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