HC Deb 15 May 1990 vol 172 c390W
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.