perhaps mister Passmore could spare half an hour to speak to the crews of the 'Suffolk' helicopter and the ops room staff to gain a perspective of why an aircraft that regularly flew 800 hours a year for 'his' force is doing half that. Could it be it's normally deployed in one of the 5 counties that surround Suffolk and further afield when it's required in Suffolk, so the calls have just stopped coming in.....same in Cambs etc....etc....
Guess there's no ideal model when money's tight. The old system was great for response when the aircraft was sat at base waiting, now it's 50 miles away and running out of fuel when the call comes in it's a different type of response.