Unreliable Equipment

62.

Mr. John Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the annual cost of maintaining unreliable defence equipment.

Mr. Skinner
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the annual cost of maintaining unreliable defence equipment.

Mr. David Marshall
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the annual cost of maintaining unreliable defence equipment.

Mr. Neubert
At a very broad estimate, unreliability adds £1 billion a year to the cost of maintaining the services' equipment.