To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many flights the United Kingdom have used under the NATO Strategic Airlift Interim Solution since March 2006; and what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per flight has been. (303000)

Since March 2006 there have been 141 one way flights undertaken using the NATO Strategic Airlift Interim Solution, at a total cost of £25 million. The estimated cost per flight is £178,000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) pallets and (b) tonnes of military equipment and cargo have been shipped to Afghanistan by (i) the Royal Air Force and (ii) aircraft leased under the NATO Strategic Airlift Interim Solution. (303001)

Information regarding the number of pallets airlifted is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Between 1 November 2008 and 31 October 2009 a total of 7,726 tonnes of freight have been airlifted to Afghanistan by RAF transport aircraft.

In the same time period 2,460 tonnes have been delivered using aircraft chartered under the NATO Strategic Airlift Interim Solution.