So, here are the numbers for 2017/18 for what individual Forces paid to NPAS. They are all the same as the previous year. Spooky!
You might notice that they are no “Hours Flown” in respect of each Force. NPAS say that they don’t record hours flown for each Force anymore, just the number of “Actioned Calls”; ie, tasks completed for each Force.
NPAS utilises ‘Actioned Calls for service’ as the currency for charging forces. This doesn’t rely on hours flown but creates a ‘unit cost’ by dividing the revenue cost of delivering NPAS against the numbers of calls delivered to forces.
The cost per force is calculated by considering
- The total revenue cost for NPAS
- The number of calls delivered to each force in the preceding 12 month period (Jan-
Dec)
- The total cost is then divided by the number of actioned calls providing a cost per call to be allocated
- A call is only charged when an aircraft is assigned to a call and arrives on scene. If an aircraft is cancelled en-route the force requesting does not pay as an actioned call has not been delivered. If an aircraft is diverted en-route from one task to another it is only the force that the actioned call is delivered to that pays.
Hours for each NPAS base are shown which continue to decrease year on year.
