To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what helicopters are (a) owned and (b) utilised by (i) his Department and (ii) the armed forces; what the (A) original date of manufacture and (B) first in-service year was for each such helicopter; and if he will make a statement. (178043)

The following table shows the helicopters owned and leased by the Department for use by the armed forces. The original date of manufacture has been taken as when the first aircraft came off production, except for the Lynx for which the date of the first Lynx Trials Installation Flight has been given. The first year in service has been taken as the year in which the aircraft were first flown by the UK military.

The original dates of manufacture for the leased aircraft relate to the specific aircraft currently being leased by the MOD.