§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Merlin helicopters will be delivered to the Royal Navy in each of the next three years; [9696]
(2) how many pilots have been trained to fly the Merlin helicopter; [9694]
(3) when Merlin helicopters will be deployed on an operational basis with the Royal Navy; [9697]
(4) what the Royal Navy's inventory of Merlin helicopters is; and how many are operational. [9695]
DARA key targets for FY 2001–02 Title Details Target KT 1—Quality The Quality of Service of the DARA To have no more attributable Customer Concerns (recorded on F760/761) than the baseline set on the average performance of FY 99–00 and FY 00–01 as a percentage of quantity. KT 2—Financial A measure of the Return on Capital Employed (RoCE) To achieve a 6 per cent. Return on Capital Employed (RoCE) KT 3—Efficiency 1 A measure of the reduction in Unit Production Price To achieve at least an annual 2 per cent. reduction (with a target of at least a 15 per cent. reduction over five years) in unit production prices of a basket of products deemed to be representative of DARA business, baselined from the commencement of Trading Fund (1 April 2001) KT 4—Efficiency 2 Increase in Order Intake (Non-Allocated Work) To achieve a 100 per cent. increase in Order Intake (for the first three years of trading) from a FY 00–01 baseline KT 5—Efficiency 3 Increase in Commercial Revenue To achieve a 15 per cent. increase in Commercial Revenue (from non-UK Armed Forces), from a FY 00–01 baseline