§ Captain Kerbyasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the annual cost of maintaining a squadron of V-bombers in the United Kingdom and the Far East, respectively.
§ Mr. MillanThe current annual cost is about £1.9 million in the United Kingdom, including spares, repairs and fuel for aircraft and associated ground equipment, and the cost of aircrews and servicing personnel. There are no V-bomber squadrons as such based in the Far East; V-bombers from United Kingdom squadrons are on detachment there.