Air Force: Military Aircraft Dr. Fox To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cannibalisations of each type of RAF aircraft there have been in (a) each year since 2005 and (b) the last 12 months. Mr. Quentin Davies The information requested covers a large number of aircraft and will take some time to collate. I will write to the hon. Member when this work is complete. Substantive answer from Quentin Davies to Liam Fox: I undertook to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question of the 17 June 2009, (Official Report, column 334W) about the number of cannibalisations undertaken, broken down by each type of RAF aircraft, in each year since 2005 and in each of the last 12 months, once officials had completed collating the data. As I am sure you will be aware, cannibalisation is where one aircraft benefits from the removal of serviceable parts from another. It is a routine and temporary measure to ensure that the maximum number of aircraft is available for front line duty. The number of cannibalisations in each year since 2005 broken down by aircraft is provided in the following table. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2005 |2006 |2007 |2008 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrier (all types) |530 |505 |862 |924 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tornado GR4 |1,863|2,048|1,838|2,012| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tornado F31 |872 |667 |667 |238 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Typhoon |243 |542 |540 |621 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nimrod MR2 |510 |224 |344 |151 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nimrod R1 |48 |61 |41 |69 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sea King |270 |204 |115 |126 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tristar |154 |182 |126 |90 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |VC10 |177 |82 |167 |148 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hercules C130K |203 |167 |185 |207 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hercules C130J |662 |691 |591 |541 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sentinel R12 |— |— |7 |36 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sentry |51 |140 |81 |95 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |BAe 125 |58 |49 |23 |46 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |BAe146 |8 |9 |17 |15 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |C17 |40 |45 |39 |39 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dominie |161 |95 |46 |53 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hawk |415 |398 |241 |135 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tucano |4 |8 |32 |34 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Vigilant |10 |29 |20 |24 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Viking |4 |1 |2 |0 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 The drop in cannibalisations for the Tornado F3 in 2008 is due to the drawdown of the force and its replacement by Typhoon.2 Sentinel R1 did not enter service with the RAF until 2007.| | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The number of cannibalisations in each of the last 12 months broken down by aircraft is provided in the following table. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec|Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Harrier (all types) |82 |71 |58 |102|89 |75 |61 |91 |45 |88 |55 |78 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tornado GR4 |172|188|132|140|158|198|160|178|163|194|104|119| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tornado F3 |27 |13 |10 |11 |9 |10 |7 |5 |5 |7 |10 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Typhoon |44 |61 |47 |59 |61 |36 |53 |36 |55 |80 |55 |22 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nimrod MR2 |16 |7 |17 |14 |8 |8 |8 |5 |18 |14 |2 |6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Nimrod R1 |0 |2 |3 |1 |0 |4 |2 |10 |9 |7 |2 |3 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sea King |10 |21 |14 |17 |12 |15 |12 |9 |13 |13 |16 |12 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tristar |5 |6 |16 |3 |4 |0 |7 |3 |5 |6 |9 |1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |VC10 |14 |6 |6 |10 |19 |13 |10 |3 |4 |14 |7 |3 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hercules C130K |35 |16 |13 |25 |21 |15 |11 |12 |15 |9 |8 |11 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hercules C130J |66 |48 |33 |57 |55 |37 |33 |42 |15 |24 |34 |17 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sentinel R11 |— |— |— |— |2 |2 |12 |10 |7 |2 |4 |8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Sentry |4 |9 |3 |5 |7 |1 |3 |5 |3 |2 |13 |6 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |BAe 125 |2 |13 |4 |2 |4 |2 |0 |4 |7 |10 |1 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |BAe 146 |0 |1 |1 |0 |0 |5 |3 |5 |1 |0 |4 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |C17 |3 |7 |5 |4 |3 |5 |4 |1 |3 |5 |3 |4 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Dominie |17 |11 |5 |2 |2 |0 |2 |0 |2 |0 |0 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hawk |13 |14 |5 |7 |13 |14 |11 |13 |22 |37 |13 |26 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Tucano |1 |3 |0 |1 |2 |2 |0 |0 |1 |2 |0 |2 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Vigilant |1 |2 |2 |2 |1 |1 |0 |2 |1 |1 |0 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Viking |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1. Sentinel R1 figures for June to September 2008 are not available| | | | | | | | | | | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------