The original cost of police aviation prior to the formation of NPAS was in the region of £55m (£65m at today’s prices) and NPAS have reduced those costs significantly from the 2012 baseline.
True, but then we had 33 helicopters and two FW flying around 23,000 hours at an average £1710 per hour. Now we are down to what, 15 aircraft(?) flying 11,500 hours. NPAS went from charging for hours flown to Actioned calls in 2016/17. The year before the average hourly rate was £2400.