House of Commons and House of Lords Hansard Written Answers
Question
Mr Kevan Jones
Labour
North Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much money from the public purse has been spent on support costs for the (a) Husky, (b) Panther, (c) Foxhound, (d) Jackal, (e) Mastiff and (f) Ridgeback vehicles since 2010.
Answer
Jeremy Quin, Conservative, Horsham
Answered on
15 October 2020
Support costs, including for post design services, spares support and maintenance activity, for the last three financial years (FY) are provided in the following table. Records prior to that date are not held in a format that allows them to be easily retrieved and would incur disproportionate cost.
Platform FY17/18 £m (VAT Incl) FY18/19 £m (VAT Incl) FY19/20 £m (VAT Incl)
Husky 2.687 3.745 2.798
Panther 3.350 3.280 1.868
Foxhound 8.016 11.346 12.187
Jackal (also includes Coyote)
6.59 3.983 6.698
Cougar platform (Mastiff, Ridgeback, Wolfhound)
10.104 5.578 5.146
Total DE&S Support Spend
30.751 27.931 28.696
Notes:
(a) Support costs exclude those for provision of infrastructure and training.
(b) It is not possible to separate Cougar platform support costs (Mastiff, Ridgeback and Wolfhound) as there is a high degree of commonality between these vehicles and they have a single financial support line. Jackal and Coyote also share a single support line.
USA: RAF Croughton
Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UIN 907478, tabled on 13 October 2020
Stephen Timms
Labour
East Ham
What information the US Administration is required to provide to his Department on its activities at RAF Croughton.
Answer
Wendy Morton
Conservative
Aldridge-Brownhills
Answered on
13 October 2020
The US military stationed at RAF Croughton are covered by the Ministry of Defence and governed by the NATO Status of Forces Agreement and Visiting Forces Act. Under an arrangement reached in 1995 there is also an Annex of the US Embassy in London based at RAF Croughton. The US Embassy, including the Croughton Annex, is under the same obligations as any other diplomatic mission.
Under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations they must notify us of the appointment of members of the mission, their arrival and their final departure or the termination of their functions; and the arrival and final departure of members of their families. They must also notify us if someone becomes, or ceases to be, a member of such a family. These obligations apply as much to US Embassy staff at the Annex at RAF Croughton as they do in London.