PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Military Aircraft (29 January 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the Royal Airforce aircrafts (a) Panavia Tornado GR4, (b) Eurofighter Typhoon and (c) Chinook Helicopters were serviceable on the first day of each month of 2016.

Asked by:
Jamie Stone (Liberal Democrat)

The number of RAF Tornado and Typhoon aircraft and Chinook helicopters in the Forward and Sustainment Fleets at the beginning of each month for 2016 is shown below:

	Tornado		Typhoon		Chinook
Month 2016	Forward Fleet	Sustainment Fleet	Forward Fleet	Sustainment Fleet	Forward Fleet	Sustainment Fleet
January	49	37	92	40	35	25
February	49	36	91	41	37	23
March	51	32	89	43	40	20
April	49	32	91	41	43	17
May	47	33	90	42	41	19
June	46	32	91	41	43	17
July	45	31	91	43	44	16
August	48	26	89	45	41	19
September	48	26	88	46	40	20
October	48	24	88	46	40	20
November	44	26	90	44	41	19
December	46	23	90	44	42	18

The Forward Fleet comprises serviceable and short term unserviceable aircraft. Typically, the short term unserviceable aircraft are undergoing minor works, forward maintenance or any other unforeseen rectification or technical inspection that can arise on a day-to-day basis. The sustainment fleet includes aircraft airframes undergoing upgrade or maintenance or being held in storage. The number of aircraft available varies day-to-day, according to normal fleet management activities.

Answered by:
Guto Bebb (Independent)
6 February 2018