Westlands at Yeovil have never themselves taken any helicopter through from initial design to production.
N.B. the Lynx was initially a Hayes ( i.e. ex. Fairey Helicopters ) design.
Haraka
Precisely - hardly a strong case to base a claim of "strategic capability" on. It's not as if helicopters aren't repaired and serviced elsewhere in the UK - though at the time of the IOS contracts that is exactly what the Treasury was told.