Written question asked by Robert Key (Conservative) on Thursday, 16 November 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 November 2000. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Monday, 27 November 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost was to DERA of (a) hiring the tanker aircraft from the RAF and (b) the dumped fuel on Friday 3rd November in connection with the typhoon tanking trials at Warton; how many litres of fuel were dumped; and where they were dumped. Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was to DERA of (a) hiring the tanker aircraft from the RAF and (b) the dumped fuel on Friday 3 November in connection with the typhoon tanking trials at Warton; how many litres of fuel were dumped; and where they were dumped. [139473] Dr. Moonie: There was no cost to DERA for either the aircraft or the fuel. The aircraft was provided as part of Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) and the cost of the fuel will be met by the Defence Procurement Agency (DPA). In all some 40,000 litres of fuel were jettisoned in free airspace over the Irish sea.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 357 c425W; 139473
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Costs Fuels Typhoon aircraft Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Testing
Contains statistics: Yes
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