Ministerial Correction
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Defence
Air Force: Manpower
[Official Report, 15 June 2009, Vol. 494, c. 2W.]
Letter of correction from Bill Rammell:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) on 15 June 2009. Unfortunately, an arithmetical error was made calculating the total number of pilots required. All other figures used in the table are correct as originally recorded.
The correct answer should have been: (279958)
The information is provided in the following table:
Aircraft type Required Actual C130J 133 130 C130K 73 79 VC10 64 51 TriStar 48 46 C17A 53 46 HS125 17 16 BAe146 10 7 GR4 134 129 Typhoon 60 68 F3 23 30 Harrier 48 48 Nimrod MR2 58 46 Nimrod R1 10 10 Sentinel R1 21 14 E3D 32 28 KingAir 32 27 Dominie 15 9 Tutor 31 46 Tucano 50 47 Hawk 97 84 Puma 96 85 Chinook 101 93 Merlin 75 64 Squirrel 18 16 SeaKing 89 74 Griffin 22 23 Augusta 109 5 5 Predator 8 8 Reaper 14 11 Islander 7 7 Total 1,444 1,347