Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 4104 on Sloane Helicopters: Contracts, what is the value of the contract extension agreed between his Department and Sloane Helicopters to cover the period from the expiry of the previous Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport Helicopter Service contract on 30 September 2023 and the start of the new contract with procurement reference 412734/1312240 on 1 December 2024.

To release the value of this contract extension could prejudice my Department's and our commercial partner's commercial interests for a future competition for the Rotary Wing Command Support Air Transport Helicopter Service contract. The value of the contract let under the future competition will be published as part of the Contract Award Notice which will be available on Contracts Finder.