Ministerial Corrections
Wednesday 18 November 2009
Defence
Military Aircraft
[Official Report, 27 January 2009, Vol. 487, c. 310-12W.]
Letter of correction from Mr. Quentin Davies:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) on 27 January 2009. The entry in the table for the Sentry aircraft was incorrect.
The correct answer should have been: (249704)
The required level of spares for RAF aircraft is included in contractual agreements with industry, or is set by the Front Line Command. The achieved level of available spares is measured as part of these agreements.
The following information for the required and achieved level of spares is provided as at 30 November 2008 unless otherwise stated. Although not used as a performance indicator as part of a contract with industry, the off the shelf satisfaction rate (OTSSR) is also measured for some aircraft types, and is therefore included in the table. The OTSSR is defined as the percentage of demands for spares satisfied direct from MOD stock.
Aircraft Requirement Achieved OTSSR Typhoon 80 76 76 Tornado GR4 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured. 95 Tornado F3 As above 98 Harrier GR7/GR9/T10/T12 85% of spares to be delivered within the required delivery date 86 96 Nimrod MR2/R1 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured Tristar 85 83 74 VC10 80 87 — Sentry Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured Sentinel 75, 95 and 95% of 1spares to be delivered within the required delivery date 281, 73 and 71 — Hercules C-130J/K Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured. C-17 As above BAE 146 Spares availability is not measured3 BAE 125 As above Sea King 3/3a airframe4 Less than 5% operational days lost due to lack of spares 0.1% operational days lost in Oct-Dec 2008 965 Sea King engines6 95 95 595 Dominie Spares availability is not measured. 85 HawkTl/T2 Provided under an aircraft availability contract with industry; spares availability is not measured. 86 Tucano As above 95 Vigilant Glider Spares availability is not measured. 95 Viking Glider As above 95 1 75% figure is for mission non-critical spares, 95% is for mission critical spares and 95% is for consumables. 2 This was for the period October-December 2008. 3 These aircraft are military derivatives of civil aircraft. Spare parts are procured on a “just-in-time” basis from the civil market to supplement minimum stock holdings held at the main and forward operating bases. 4 The Sea King Mk 3/3a is used by the RAF in the Search and Rescue role. 5 As at 31 October 2008. 6 These figures include the Sea King Mk4, Mk5 and Mk7 operated by the Royal Navy.
Departmental Budgets
[Official Report, 1 September 2009, Vol. 496, c. 1798W.]
Letter of correction from Mr. Quentin Davies:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Woodspring (Dr. Fox) on 1 September 2009.
The correct answer should have been: (284525)
The current planning assumption is that the SIT budget will have available approximately £439 million in 2010-11. This compares with £544 million in 2010-11 in a previous planning cycle when calculated on the same basis. Departmental expenditure limits have not yet been set for the years beyond 2010-11.