Tag: Lord Jones

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the agreement by the partner countries of the UK, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain and Turkey to lend Airbus Military €1.5 billion to support production of the A400M aircraft, how many of those aircraft (1) have been purchased by, and (2) are on order from, each of those partner countries.

Earl Howe

The six A400M partner nations have agreed to procure 170 aircraft from Airbus Defence & Space. Aircraft deliveries commenced in 2013 and are expected to continue into the next decade. Please see below the number of aircraft delivered, and the number ordered but yet to be delivered, as at 21 October 2016.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the £530 million loan to Airbus in 2000 to support production of the A380 aircraft, how many of those aircraft have been purchased by UK airlines.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The repayable investment to support the development of the A380 wing and fuel system in the UK has secured over 2,000 UK jobs since the aircraft entered service in 2007.

Airbus has received 319 orders for the A380 from airline customers world-wide and have made 195 deliveries, 12 of which have been made to British Airways (part of IAG).

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the total workforce employed in the UK’s aerospace industry.

Baroness Neville-Rolfe

The ONS estimate the UK civil aerospace sector employs 116,000 people and supports a further 113,000 indirectly through its supply chains.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the estimated value of UK aerospace exports in the last five years for which figures are available.

Lord Price

Estimates of the value of UK exports of Aerospace products for the last five years are provided below:

Source: ONS Trade in Goods Classified by CPA

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Jones on 2016-10-18.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many apprenticeships are currently in place in the UK aerospace industry.

Lord Nash

Data on apprenticeship starts by framework for the 2002/03 to 2015/16 (full year provisional) academic years is given in the attached document.

Apprenticeship data is not available by industry. Within an industry, a learner may undertake a wide range of apprenticeship frameworks.