While Helicopter platforms are flown by all three Services their support funding is programmed only by the Army and Royal Navy. The costs incurred with industry for helicopter support in financial year 2013-14 - the last year for which audited costs exist - was £253 million for the Army and £461 million for the Royal Navy. This includes all spend with industry associated with the delivery of our helicopter activity, including the cost of repair and overhaul of aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice, post design services and, for some platforms, the provision of synthetic and other training services. As these services are typically contracted together, with payment primarily linked to the achievement of flying activity, the costs are not separately recorded. These support services are primarily delivered at contractor sites (including in Yeovil, Gosport, Almondbank and Oxford) and at helicopter main operating bases, with repair and overhaul of sub-components taking place at numerous sub-contractor locations in the UK and abroad. Maintenance services are also provided by military manpower at operating locations in the UK and abroad, but the costs associated with this are not included in the above figures as this information is not routinely collected.<\/p>
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The majority of support activity associated with our helicopter fleets - not including the contribution made by military manpower - is delivered through long-term availability contracts where payment is largely linked to flying output. As such, we do not routinely collect data that would enable the separation of maintenance costs from the costs of repairing aircraft and capital spares, replenishment of consumable items, technical advice and post design services. However, all of these other activities contribute towards the overall helicopter maintenance effort.<\/p>
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Information on the main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted is attached.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1542", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Philip Dunne"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ludlow"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Philip Dunne"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172169/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "219943 - Main Operating Bases at which maintenance activities are conducted.doc"} , "title" : "219943 - Operating Bases - Maintenance Conducted"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-01-14", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : {"_value" : "219941"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "previousAnswerVersion" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172169/answer/previousversion/37740", "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1542", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Philip Dunne"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Ludlow"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Philip Dunne"} } , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-01-14T17:39:59.87Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-01-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Helicopters: Repairs and Maintenance"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites are used by his Department for helicopter maintenance.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1552", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Alison Seabeck"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Plymouth, Moor View"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Alison Seabeck"} ], "uin" : "219943"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172170", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Defence"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/172170/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A list of those Ministry of Defence establishments at which helicopter flight simulators are based is provided below. For the purposes of this answer, I have interpreted helicopter simulation facilities to mean only full-motion flight simulators.<\/p>
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In addition to helicopter simulation, each establishment undertakes a range of defence activities and the full annual operating cost of each establishment could be provided only at disproportionate cost.<\/p>
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<\/p> Name of Establishment<\/p><\/td> | Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||
RAF Benson<\/p><\/td> | Tri-Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | ||||||||||||
MOD Boscombe Down1<\/sup><\/p><\/td> Empire Test Pilots School<\/p><\/td><\/tr> RNAS Culdrose<\/p><\/td> Royal Navy<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Army Aviation Centre - Middle Wallop<\/p><\/td> Army<\/p><\/td><\/tr> RAF Shawbury<\/p><\/td> Tri-Service<\/p><\/td><\/tr> RAF Valley<\/p><\/td> Royal Air Force<\/p><\/td><\/tr> RNAS Yeovilton<\/p><\/td> Royal Navy and Army<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wattisham<\/p><\/td> Army<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> 1 - A generic flight simulator that can be configured to represent a helicopter.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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