Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the maintenance costs per annum of the (a) AgustaWestland Apache AH1, (b) AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, (c) Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II and (d) Westland Gazelle.
Answered by James Heappey
The average per hour and per annum maintenance costs are given below:
Type | Apache1 | Wildcat1 | Gazelle2 |
Cost per annum | £33million | £48million | £13million |
Cost per hour | £3,451 | £4,033 | £3,250 |
* Numbers are rounded and to the nearest hour.
1Apache and Wildcat figures are based on actual figures from financial year 2018/19.
2 Gazelle figures are the annualised cost for the period 1 April 2019 to March 2025 (planned out of service date).
The Dauphin II aircraft is maintained via a civilian contract, on an availability basis, with maintenance cost per flying hour/per annum managed by the contractor. The Ministry of Defence does not therefore hold figures relating to that platform.
Figures are based on estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the average per hour maintenance cost for the (a) AgustaWestland Apache AH1, (b) AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, (c) Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II and (d) Westland Gazelle.
Answered by James Heappey
The average per hour and per annum maintenance costs are given below:
Type | Apache1 | Wildcat1 | Gazelle2 |
Cost per annum | £33million | £48million | £13million |
Cost per hour | £3,451 | £4,033 | £3,250 |
* Numbers are rounded and to the nearest hour.
1Apache and Wildcat figures are based on actual figures from financial year 2018/19.
2 Gazelle figures are the annualised cost for the period 1 April 2019 to March 2025 (planned out of service date).
The Dauphin II aircraft is maintained via a civilian contract, on an availability basis, with maintenance cost per flying hour/per annum managed by the contractor. The Ministry of Defence does not therefore hold figures relating to that platform.
Figures are based on estimates and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.
Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost of training soldiers is from basic training to completion of trade training is for (a) REME Recovery mechanics; (b) Royal Signals Communication System Operators, (c) Infantry Soldiers and (d) RLC Driver.
Answered by Johnny Mercer - Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
The average cost of basic training for a Regular soldier attending the Army Training Centre (Pirbright) is estimated at £38,100. In addition, the estimated cost for providing initial trade training for a Royal Logistic Corps Driver is £23,700. Infantry soldiers complete their training at the Infantry Training Centre, Catterick as a combined Basic and Initial Trade Training course, with an estimated cost of £67,400. This is for Line Infantry soldiers only and does not include those training for the Parachute, Guards or Gurkha Regiments.
Work to verify costs for courses at the Defence College of Technical Training is ongoing. Therefore, comparable costs for those completing their Initial Trade Training as a Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers Recovery Mechanic or Royal Signals Communications System Operator are not currently available.
Asked by: Jeremy Hunt (Conservative - South West Surrey)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the ratio of maintenance hours to flown hours is for the (a) AgustaWestland Apache AH1, (b) AgustaWestland AW159 Wildcat, (c) Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin II and (d) Westland Gazelle.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The table below shows the ratio of maintenance hours to flying hours from April 2018 to March 2019 for the Apache, Wildcat and Gazelle helicopter fleets:
Type | Apache | Wildcat | Gazelle |
Total | 29:1 | 32:1 | 12:1 |
Dauphin II is maintained via civilian contract on an availability basis and figures are not measured in the same way.
Numbers are rounded to the nearest hour.
Figures provided are based on single service estimates, and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.