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Written question asked by Lord Moonie (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 January 2011.


Armed Forces: Parachute Operations

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average cost of further training to qualify a soldier to parachute on operations; and what is the annual cost of maintaining such a qualification.
Answer

Ministry of Defence accounting systems do not hold financial data in a format which would provide the information requested. Expenditure is not captured by activity eg parachute training. The costs of such an activity would fall across a number of different accounting codes and cannot readily be separated out.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5692; 724 c57WA
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Armed forces Costs Training Parachuting
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk