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Aircraft Maintenance
Mr. Menzies Campbell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the average number of maintenance man-hours per flying hour for (a) Tornado GR1/4, (b) Tornado F3, (c) Harrier, (d) Jaguar, (e) Nimrod, (f) Sentry, (g) Tristar, (h) Puma, (i) Sea King and (j) Chinook in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [107549]
Mr. Spellar [holding answer 2 February 2000]: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
RAF Pilots
Mr. Viggers: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the cost of training an RAF pilot to operational standard. [108101]
Mr. Spellar
[holding answer 2 February 2000]: The cost of training RAF pilots varies according to the aircraft to be flown and the individual. However, in recent years
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it has cost approximately £2.8 million to train a fast jet pilot, £2.4 million to train the pilot of a transport or other multi-engined aircraft and £1.1 million to train a helicopter pilot.
Miss McIntosh:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the manning figures were for Building 107
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of Imphal Barracks, York, in (a) April 1981 and (b) April 1994; and what are the projected figures for April 2001. [109445]
Mr. Spellar:
Records are not held of manning figures for Building 107 of Imphal Barracks for April 1981 and April 1994. A total of 332 staff are expected to occupy the building by April 2001.
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