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Written question asked by Emily Thornberry (Labour) on Tuesday, 26 January 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 January 2016. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 February 2016 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Military Aircraft: Repairs and Maintenance

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance of and (b) upgrade works for (i) Tornado, (ii) Typhoon and (iii) Reaper drones in each of the last six years.

Answer

The costs of maintenance and capability upgrades for Tornado, Typhoon and the Reaper Unmanned Air System, in each of the last six financial years, are shown in the table below.

Financial year (£ million)

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

Tornado: capability upgrade work

87.2

69.3

33.3

28.9

58.2

45.6

Tornado: maintenance

311.0

303.8

369.7

344.2

247.7

184.9

Typhoon: capability upgrade work

0

0

0

0

66.8

178.4

Typhoon: maintenance

392.7

475.3

499.6

294.8

313.1

460.2

Reaper: maintenance

4.8

4.8

4.8

9.8

27.1

23.5

Reaper: capability upgrade work

0.2

0.4

0.4

0.6

1.3

1.3

Note: Costs for all platforms are extracted from the equipment support programme budget.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
24360
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Repairs and maintenance Typhoon aircraft Tornado aircraft Unmanned air systems
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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