Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 13 May 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 May 1999. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Monday, 24 May 1999 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many surplus RAF aircraft have been sold in each of the last five years; and to whom they were sold. - Including figures, table and ref to disproportionate cost.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many surplus RAF aircraft have been sold in each of the last five years; and to whom they were sold. [84567] Mr. Spellar: The numbers of surplus RAF aircraft including helicopters sold in each of the last five years by the MOD's Disposal Sales Agency were as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year 1994 154 1995 54 1996 34 1997 61 1998 45 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. A small number of these aircraft were sold to the armed forces of India, Oman, Uruguay and Sri Lanka. The majority, however, went to over 130 UK and overseas commercial enterprises and individuals. To identify each of these, and to seek their agreement to being named, would incur disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 84567; 332 c1-2W
Session: 1998-99
Subjects: Arms trade Defence equipment Helicopters Military aircraft Sales Surpluses
Contains statistics: Yes