Or you're being overly cynical?
Perhaps not.
It's been very difficult to get the MCA side and the military to talk the same language on anything so that we could find out what has changed and what will change in the future.
The monthly SAR stats are the best example: no chance of comparing like with like. Criticised for these obscurations in the 2001 provision and coverage report. Unchanged 5 years later and criticised again in the 2006 report. Unchanged now. Useless.
It's the same with things like training hours. If someone can get MCA and MoD to speak the same language then your AFC is in the post (air force chocolate).