Mark Lancaster corrected a written answer on Military Aircraft: Helicopters

29 November 2017 · Commons written answer · Ministry of Defence

Mr Kevan Jones (Labour, North Durham) asked written question 111846 on 6 November 2017. Mark Lancaster answered on 16 November 2017 for the Ministry of Defence, and Mark Lancaster corrected the answer on 29 November 2017. The figure 4,040 in the original became 6,150 in the correction, higher by 2,110. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many flying hours the (a) Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm, (b) Commando Helicopter Force, (c) Army Air Corps and (d) Royal Air Force pilots under Joint Helicopter Command have flown in each of the last five years.

Original and corrected answer

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Original	Corrected
The number of flying hours under the Joint Helicopter Command for financial years 2012-13 to date are shown below. Annual flying hours are impacted by a number of factors including operational activity, number of platforms in service and training requirement. Financial Year \| 2012-13 \| 2013-14 \| 2014-15 \| 2015-16 \| 2016-17 \| 2017-18 (as at 31Oct) Commando Helicopter Force \| 8,440 \| 6,160 \| 7,900 \| ~~4,040~~ \| 4,250 \| 2,570 Army Air Corps \| 35,280 \| 32,010 \| 25,720 \| 20,160 \| 19,350 \| 11,740 RAF \| 24,790 \| 20,690 \| 16,070 \| 15,790 \| 16,680 \| 9,680 Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. These figures are single Service figures and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.	The number of flying hours under the Joint Helicopter Command for financial years 2012-13 to date are shown below. Annual flying hours are impacted by a number of factors including operational activity, number of platforms in service and training requirement. Financial Year \| 2012-13 \| 2013-14 \| 2014-15 \| 2015-16 \| 2016-17 \| 2017-18 (as at 31Oct) Commando Helicopter Force \| 8,440 \| 6,160 \| 7,900 \| 6,150 \| 4,250 \| 2,570 Army Air Corps \| 35,280 \| 32,010 \| 25,720 \| 20,160 \| 19,350 \| 11,740 RAF \| 24,790 \| 20,690 \| 16,070 \| 15,790 \| 16,680 \| 9,680 Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. These figures are single Service figures and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.

Original

Corrected

The number of flying hours under the Joint Helicopter Command for financial years 2012-13 to date are shown below. Annual flying hours are impacted by a number of factors including operational activity, number of platforms in service and training requirement.
Financial Year
| 2012-13
| 2013-14
| 2014-15
| 2015-16
| 2016-17
| 2017-18 (as at 31Oct)
Commando Helicopter Force
| 8,440
| 6,160
| 7,900
| ~~4,040~~
| 4,250
| 2,570
Army Air Corps
| 35,280
| 32,010
| 25,720
| 20,160
| 19,350
| 11,740
RAF
| 24,790
| 20,690
| 16,070
| 15,790
| 16,680
| 9,680
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
These figures are single Service figures and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.

The number of flying hours under the Joint Helicopter Command for financial years 2012-13 to date are shown below. Annual flying hours are impacted by a number of factors including operational activity, number of platforms in service and training requirement.
Financial Year
| 2012-13
| 2013-14
| 2014-15
| 2015-16
| 2016-17
| 2017-18 (as at 31Oct)
Commando Helicopter Force
| 8,440
| 6,160
| 7,900
| 6,150
| 4,250
| 2,570
Army Air Corps
| 35,280
| 32,010
| 25,720
| 20,160
| 19,350
| 11,740
RAF
| 24,790
| 20,690
| 16,070
| 15,790
| 16,680
| 9,680
Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
These figures are single Service figures and are not official statistics produced by Defence Statistics.

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