Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what representations he has received on the procurement of emergency airfield cover at Boscombe Down airfield.
Under the Long Term Partnering Agreement between the Ministry of Defence (MOD) and QinetiQ, the company provides year-round emergency airfield response cover at MOD Boscombe Down, including aircraft crash rescue. In addition, during flying activity, the MOD's Defence Primary Health Care provides emergency ambulance cover using a commercial enterprise. A competition to renew this service has been completed and is currently being reviewed. I am withholding details of the tenderers as their disclosure would prejudice commercial interests.