Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of his Department's National Roadside Repair and Recovery scheme in each year since 2015.
Financial Year (1 Apr – 31 Mar) | No of call-outs in UK | No of call-outs in Europe | No of call-outs in Morocco | TOTAL No of call-outs | TOTAL Cost (£) Ex VAT |
2015-16* | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | £687,578 |
2016-17 | 1828 | 38 | 0 | 1866 | £838,859 |
2017-18 | 1733 | 61 | 0 | 1794 | £664,748 |
2018-19 | 1695 | 54 | 1 | 1749 | £833,040 |
2019-20 | 1560 | 43 | 0 | 1603 | £783,401 |
2020-21 | 1195 | 5 | 0 | 1200 | £529,196 |
2021-22 | 1829 | 33 | 0 | 1862 | £1,053,663 |
2022-23 | 1506 | 62 | 0 | 1568 | £985,765 |
*Information on the number of call outs for Financial Year 2015-16 is not held.