Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential relationship between the delivery of the Military Flying Training System and the functioning of Operational Conversion Unit.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a range of governance measures in place to assess the full flying training (UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) and Operational Conversion Units (OCU) pipeline's ability to meet MOD needs. These include the bi-monthly Aircrew Pipeline Steering Group (APSG), chaired at 3* level. Flying training has also been introduced as a standing agenda item for the monthly Air Executive Committee and will be reviewed annually at the Air Force Main Board, as the Senior Responsible Owner of UKMFTS.