Asked by: Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the annual cost of pilot training to the RAF.
Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
Pilot training costs cannot be readily broken out of overall training costs. Information regarding the annual cost of pilot training to the RAF is not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Asked by: Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered opening RAF Northolt to scheduled commercial flights.
Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
No.
Asked by: Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the number of RAF pilots who already possess private pilot’s licences on joining the service.
Answered by Earl Howe - Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This information is not held. The RAF does not record extra-curricular qualifications held by entrants into the RAF.