Stripping St Athan of Key Defence Contract Was 'Value for Money'
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A controversial decision to strip a Welsh airbase of a key Government defence contract has helped save the taxpayer pounds 1.4bn, the National Audit Office has concluded. In a report published today, the NAO says the financial damage done to the Defence Aviation Repair Agency (Dara) at St Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan is "far outweighed" by the savings.
In 2003 ministers approved the building of a pounds 104m "super hangar" at St Athan, but the MoD then decided to move major contracts - to repair Harrier and Tornado jets - to RAF sites in Norfolk and Rutland.See the full content of this document
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Stripping St Athan of Key Defence Contract Was 'Value for Money'
The decision provoked an outcry, and in January 2006 a cross- party report from MPs said the logic was "perverse" and "incomprehensible".
The switch of t...See the full content of this document
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