Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March to Question 16658 on Sloane Helicopters: Contracts, whether the value of the contract extension will be disclosed alongside the publication of the new Contract Award notice.

I would be content to make the information available following the publication of the new contract award.

More broadly, I would note that such transport arrangements are long-standing and have operated under successive Governments of all political colours.