HC Deb 30 April 1996 vol 276 cc511-2W
Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those companies with maintenance contracts to repair and service RAF fast jets. [27303]

Mr. Soames

Four fast jet types remain in service with the Royal Air Force: Hawk, Tornado, Harrier and Jaguar. Contracts for major airframe and major component maintenance including repair and overhaul on those aircraft are held by the following UK companies:

  1. Major airframe maintenance
  2. British Aerospace
  3. Major components/equipments
  4. Rolls-Royce
  5. Lucas Aerospace Fairey Hydraulics
  6. Hunting Aviation
  7. Computing Devices (Hastings)
  8. W. Vinten
  9. Moog Controls
  10. Microturbo
  11. Gas Turbine Company
  12. GEC-Marconi
  13. Smiths Industries
  14. Dowty
  15. Flight Refuelling
  16. Pilkington Optronics
  17. Aerospace Composite Technologies
  18. Oxley Aviation
  19. BP Chemicals.

In addition, a number of companies in Germany and Italy are involved in work on RAF aircraft and components under sub-contract to Panavia, the Tornado consortium company, notably Daimler-Benz Aerospace and Alenia.

Mr. Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 1992 penalties have been imposed as a result of poor quality maintenance on Royal Air Force fast jets. [27294]

Mr. Arbuthnot

None.