Red Arrows
(asked on 24th October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on which dates the Red Arrows display team last performed in (a) Saudi Arabia, (b) Jordan, (c) Kuwait, (d) Qatar, (e) Oman, (f) Bahrain and (g) the United Arab Emirates; how many personnel from his Department attended each such performance; and what the cost to the public purse was of each such performance.
The Red Arrows and their support team recently completed a highly successful tour of the Middle East. The table below shows the date of the last display by named country, together with the number of additional personnel from the Department at individual events. The Red Arrows did not conduct any displays in the United Arab Emirates.
Country | Date of Last Display | No. of MOD Personnel in Attendance |
Saudi Arabia | 11 October 2017 | 10 |
Jordan | 23 September 2017 | 1 |
Kuwait | 28 September 2017 | 7 |
Qatar | 30 September 2017 | 11 |
Oman | 3 October 2017 | 7 |
Bahrain | 8 October 2017 | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | Nil | Nil |
The cost of the tour was primarily funded from within the Red Arrows flying hours allocation for Financial Year 2017-18. Costings for individual displays are not held in the format requested.