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Royal Navy
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Lynx Mk 3
Planned hours	6,337	7,165	5,853	5,853	6,500	6,500	5,600
Actual hours	7,657	7,857	7,627	6,558	6,764	6,305	6,377
Lynx Mk 8
Planned hours	5,163	3,835	5,247	5,247	6,500	6,500	5,600
Actual hours	3,426	3,921	4,874	4,527	5,351	5,925	5,333
Merlin Mk1
Planned hours	5,341	9,450	11,200	7,500	10,274	9,783	10,728
Actual hours	3,224	4,445	4,820	2,616	5,931	6,828	6,737
Sea King Mk 5
Planned hours	2,863	3,124	2,682	3,632	4,849	4,849	4,849
Actual hours	3,627	3,633	3,941	4,278	4,067	4,138	4,205
Sea King Mk 6
Planned hours	8,569	4,704	2,949	928	—	—	—
Actual hours	5,476	3,617	2,002	1,623	777	—	—
Sea King Mk 7
Planned hours		1,360	4,068	3,840	4,236	4,236	4,236
Actual hours		1,925	3,098	3,280	3,154	3,039	3,274

Royal Air Force
	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05	2005-06	2006-07	2007-08
Chinook HCS/2a
Planned hours	—	—	—	11,870	12,063	14,735	13,999
Actual hours	10,199	10,279	10,400	11,973	11,308	13,040	13,366
Merlin HC Mk3
Planned hours	—	—	—	3,610	6,036	6,003	5,912
Actual hours	974	2,028	3,112	1,980	3,965	5,406	5,479
Puma HC Mkl
Planned hours	—	—	—	13,250	12,670	13,000	12,041
Actual hours	14,453	13,168	12,924	11,750	10,521	11,179	9,367
S ea King HAR 3/3a
Planned hours	13,404	10,100	10,100	10,100	10,800	10,800	10,800
Actual hours	9,630	9,448	10,499	10,899	12,644	11,843	11,028

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National Security

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many of the National Security Strategy’s objectives in areas within his Department’s responsibility have been implemented; and if he will make a statement; [217345]

(2) what plans his Department and its agencies have to implement the National Security Strategy within areas of his Department’s responsibility; and if he will make a statement; [217346]

(3) what targets have been set for his Department in implementing those parts of the National Security Strategy which are within its areas of responsibility; and how performance against such targets will be measured. [218152]

Des Browne: MOD is contributing to the delivery of a wide range of the cross-Government objectives set out in the National Security Strategy and these priorities are reflected in our plans. Implementation is co-ordinated by the Cabinet Office and overseen by the Ministerial Committee on National Security, International Relations and Development.

Nord Anglia

Mark Pritchard: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on the Metrix Consortium and the Defence Training Review programme of the sale of Nord Anglia to Baring, an Asian private equity company. [217720]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The MOD will need to be content with all relevant arrangements pertaining to the Metrix Consortium and its subcontractors as a precursor to entering into a contract for DTR Package 1. The DTR contract is not yet let but Nord Anglia are envisaged as a lower-tier sub-contractor to Metrix. MOD will therefore be assuring itself that this change in ownership does not in any way preclude the inclusion of Nord Anglia under the terms of the proposed DTR contract, which includes specific provisions to protect the national interest. If these subcontracting conditions cannot be met, the requirements of the contract to provide the DTR services nonetheless persist and it will be for Metrix, as the prime contractor, to deliver against those requirements.

RAF Halton

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) armed forces and (b) civilian personnel are stationed at RAF Halton. [217582]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following tables give the number of armed forces and civilian personnel stationed at RAF Halton at 1 July 2008.

Armed forces personnel
	Number
Service	790
Student	944

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Civilian p ersonnel
	Number
Staff	490
Contractors	375

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel have received recruit training at RAF Halton in each year since 1998. [217583]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The following table gives the number of armed forces personnel who have received recruit training at RAF Halton. Information is only available from financial year 2003-04.

Recruit training
	Number
2003-04	3,271
2004-05	1,556
2005-06	957
2006-07	1,075
2007-08	2,149
Note: 1. Training numbers for financial year 2007-08 includes figures for the Royal Auxiliary Air Force.

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