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Military Aircraft: Training |
| Question ID: |
1762035 |
| UIN: |
28858 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5347 |
| Asking Member display name: |
David Reed
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David Reed
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| Member interest: |
true |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the total cost to the public purse of training personnel on jet aircraft in (a) the UK and (b) overseas in each of the last five years; and what proportion of the total training budget each represents. |
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true |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-10 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4682 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Luke Pollard
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| Answering Member handle: |
LukePollard
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@LukePollard
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| Answer text: |
The UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) cost for the Fast Jet training element over the last 5 years was circa £500.4 million. That includes fixed and multiple variable costs such as fuel, instructor and trainee salary, infrastructure/accommodatio... |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |