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Air Force: Aircraft

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many RAF aircraft of each type are (a) in service, (b) in the forward fleet and (c) fit for purpose. [297889]

Bill Rammell: I will write to the hon. Gentleman with the information requested shortly.

Air Force: Finance

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what amount of in-year savings he expects the Royal Air Force to achieve in 2009-10; and in which principal areas. [299118]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The Air Command Top Level Budget has implemented savings worth some £14 million to contain in-year expenditure within its budgetary allocation for 2009-10. Savings have been made in the marketing and service personnel areas, and by adjusting activity levels, including exercises. Other measures affecting the RAF have been taken in defence equipment and support, where expenditure of some £30 million has, in the main, been deferred into next year. Further savings measures may yet need to be taken. None of the measures will affect support to operations in Afghanistan.

Armed Forces: Cadets

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding is required for cadet instructors to resume training. [300061]

Mr. Kevan Jones: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Bill Wiggin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what remuneration cadet instructors will receive in 2009-10; and from what budget such remuneration will be drawn. [300068]

Bill Rammell: It has not been possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Armed Forces: Coroners

Mrs. Humble: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which occasions his Department was legally represented at inquest proceedings in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008; and what the cost to his Department was on each occasion. [294993]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The information requested for 2008 is provided in the following table:

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	Name	Date inquest convened	Cost (£)
1.	Ranger S Shilliday	22 January 2008	23,530.35
2.	Lance Corporal PB Muirhead	25 January 2008	3671.80
	Ranger A Draiva
3.	Private AB Cutts(1)	25 January 2008	539.81
4.	Mr. Bradley	28 January 2008	14,077.48
	Mr. Green
	Mr. Evans
	Mr. Meirs
	Mr. Buckley
5.	Sergeant JS Hollingsworth	1 October 2008	12,198.91
6.	Captain J Philippson	15 February 2008	3911.41
7.	Lieutenant E Douglas	25 February 2008	59,479.57
8.	Captain D Patten	27 February 2008	7,447.23
	Sergeant P Bartlett
9.	Lance Corporal M Jones RM	18 March 2008	7,794.11
10.	Marine TG Curry	27 March 2008	3,655.21
11.	Gunner SR Wright	18 April 2008	5,477.51
	Gunner S Vanua
12.	Ellen Paddock	22 April 2008	23,934.04
13.	Marine RJ Watson	2 May 2008	3,096.78
14.	Nimrod	6 May 2008	102,336.84
	Flight Lieutenant S Johnson
	Flight Lieutenant L Mitchelmore
	Flight Lieutenant GR Nicholas
	Flight Lieutenant J Squires
	Flight Lieutenant S Swarbrick
	Flight Sergeant GW Andrews
	Flight Sergeant S Beattie
	Flight Sergeant GM Bell
	Flight Sergeant A Davies
	Sergeant BJ Knight
	Sergeant JJ Langton
	Sergeant GP Quilliam
	Corporal OS Dicketts
	Marine JD Windall
15.	Lieutenant R Palmer	6 May 2008	8,463.37
16.	Corporal DW Bonner	2 June 2008	2,118.71
17.	Private T Rawson	2 June 2008	808.17
18.	Marine G Wright	27 June 2008	3,748.51
19.	Lance Bombardier R Clark	18 July 2008	2,312.66
	Lance Bombardier L McLaughlin
20.	Lance Corporal D McGregor	12 August 2008	33,081.68
21.	Captain J McDermid	12 September 2008	5,215.68
22.	Lance Corporal B Young	4 September 2008	15,173.98
23.	Mr J Garnons-Williams	22 September 2008	24,590.68
24.	Lance Bombardier JE Dwyer	26 September 2008	3690.52
25.	Hercules	30 September 2008	236,140.34
	Squadron Leader P Marshall
	Flight Lieutenant DK Stead
	Flight Lieutenant A Smith
	Flight Lieutenant P Pardoel
	Master Engineer G Nicholson
	Chief Technician R Brown
	Flight Sergeant M Gibson
	Sergeant R O'Connor
	Corporal D Williams
	Lance Corporal S Jones
26.	Corporal M Wright	6 October 2008	74,002.81
27.	Private D Jackson	9 October 2008	708.77
28.	Sergeant M A Stansfield	3 November 2008	6,392.22
29.	Private A J Borketas	17 November 2008	31,841.25
30.	Private K Thompson	26 November 2008	8574.90
31.	Colour Sergeant M Powell	2 December 2008	44,307.26
	Sergeant M McLaren
32.	Lance Corporal M Ford	4 December 2008	20,477.27
	Total		792,799.83
(1) Inquest halted by coroner in September 2007 when further evidence of incident emerged from witness: reconvened on 25 January 2008.

The cases in the table are those where the inquest completed in 2008, although the expenditure may have been spread over a number of years. The figure represents all costs associated with the inquest, including disbursements and VAT.

I provided the information sought for 2006 and 2007 in a written answer on 29 February 2008, Official Report, column 2002W. Regrettably, in constructing this answer it has come to light that the information provided previously was inaccurate. I will write with the correct information once it is available.

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