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Written question asked by Lord Soames of Fletching (Conservative) on Wednesday, 12 March 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 March 2014. It was answered by Philip Dunne (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 March 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Air Force: Assets

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the value of each asset under contraction valued at £1 million or more held on Air Command's balance sheet is;

Answer

Only one of Air Command's tangible fixed asset items with a present Net Book Value of over £1 million is held on its Balance Sheet. It is valued at £3 million. The remaining assets are held on the Defence Equipment and Support Balance Sheet. The total number and value of such assets, rounded to the nearest million, is shown in the following table.

Asset Type
 Total Number
 Total Value (£ million)
Assets Under Construction1
 49
 M14
IT and Comms
 5
 8
Single Use Military Equipment
 263
 6,726
1 The values held for Assets Under Construction (AUC) are at Programme level; it is only at Delivery stage that a value is attached to an individual asset.

The asset types are those categories under which the assets are recorded in the Ministry of Defence fixed asset register.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
191821; 577 cc649-650W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Assets Air force
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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