§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total gallonage of fuel used by the RAF for training flights in each year 1964 to 1973.
§ Mr. JohnThe Royal Air Force carries out training flights within three categories—in the flying training organisation, at operational conversion units of specific aircraft types, and in operational squadrons. It would not be possible, without disproportionate effort, to provide the information required in respect of any of these categories prior to the financial year 1970–71 or of training 575W flights by operational aircraft since then. The consumption of aviation fuel within the flying training organisation and at
CONSUMPTION (million gallons) 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 Flying training organisation … … 23.397 23.044 25.177 19.733 Operational conversion units … … 42.251 41.460 42.103 38.876 Totals … … 65.648 64.504 67.280 58.609