Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-01-26.
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.
Mr Philip Dunne
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) |
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|
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.
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