Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department's decision to purchase two Dassault Falcon 900LX fulfils social value criteria.
The Dassault Falcon 900LX aircraft will be provided under a contract with Centreline Aviation. Four bids were received from companies to act as the broker for the acquisition and support of aircraft to replace the Royal Air Force's BAe 146 fleet. Tenderers were incentivised to provide the best solution (both aircraft acquisition and support solution) to meet the Authority’s key specifications including meeting the essential Social Value criteria, specifically in relation to climate change and providing equal employment opportunities.