§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence further to his answer of 5 December 2001,Official Report,column 359W, on fixed wing aircraft, how many and what type of fixed wing aircraft there were in the Royal Air Force in each year from 1985 to 2000; and if he will make a statement. [22387]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 13 December 2002]: The best available set of centrally held figures denoting the size of the RAF's fixed wing aircraft fleet for the period from 1985 to 1991 inclusive, is the 'RAF Form STATS 1003'. I will place a copy of these figures in the Library of the House.
Ministry of Defence annually published figures for the years 1992–2000 are contained in either the Statement on Defence Estimates or the MOD Performance report, copies of which are in the Library of the House. Specific references are as follows:
- 1992: The Statement on the Defence Estimates—pages 90–92 inclusive
- 1993: The Statement on the Defence Estimates—pages 99–101 inclusive
- 1994: The Statement on the Defence Estimates—pages 102–104 inclusive
- 1995: The Statement on the Defence Estimates—pages 131–133 inclusive
- 1996: The Statement on the Defence Estimates—Annexe D D1–D5
- 1997: MOD Performance Report—pages 63–67 inclusive
- 1998: MOD Performance Report—pages 63–67
- 1999:MOD Performance Report—Annexe B B8—B13
- 2000: MOD Performance Report—Annexe B, pages 69–72