Helicopters: Offshore Industry

(asked on 5th March 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Civil Aviation Authority’s annual income was derived from discharging its regulatory responsibilities for the offshore helicopter industry in each year since 2010-11.


Answered by
Jesse Norman Portrait
Jesse Norman
This question was answered on 12th March 2018

The regulatory income of the Civil Aviation Authority is derived from a series of statutory charging schemes. These do not map exactly onto regulatory functions for specific sectors. The table shows the Civil Aviation Authority’s income that directly relates to the offshore helicopter industry arising from the Air Operator Certificate annual charges.

Financial Year ended 31 March

Charge to UK offshore helicopter operators

Total CAA income (in Annual Report & Accounts)

Proportion of reported income from charge to UK offshore helicopter operators

(£000)

(£000)

%

2016/17

851

135,818

0.6

2015/16

791

132,619

0.6

2014/15

669

134,057

0.5

2013/14

725

133,074

0.5

2012/13

730

125,842

0.6

2011/12

709

115,270

0.6

2010/11

681

109,429

0.6

The accounts of the Civil Aviation Authority are published annually and laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State.

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