Here are the numbers for the year 2018-2019.
Things don’t appear to be getting any better. After paying the same for 2017/18 as they did for 2016/17, the majority of Forces have seen an increase in costs. The Met’s costs have increased by nearly £1.5M. Ahh, but they’re doing a lot more you might say, but their number of Actioned Calls(when an aircraft turns up “On Scene”) have reduced by nearly 25%
Some Forces have seen considerable reductions in their annual costs; eg, Avon and Somerset down £352K, Merseyside down £461K, Surrey down £595K. However, A & S had nearly half the number of Actioned Calls that they had last year.
Some though had more Calls than last year and made savings, others had more and paid more, some had less Calls and paid more.
Is it Value For Money? Well, Surrey, A & S and The City of London might not think so, paying £5734, £3736 and ££3399 per Call respectively when Dyfed Powys are only paying £888.
So, cost are up by £876K, and Actioned Calls are down by 1420 on last year. The number of flying hours by the NPAS Bases is, by some quirk, the same as last year. Obviously more transit flying getting to those less number of Calls.
Any mistakes are probably mine.
