Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2025 to Question 26823 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether the contract Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited is the commercial transport contract referred to by the Ministry of Defence in the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 21064; and what the name is of the company providing the helicopter service.

Corporate Travel Management is the commercial transport contract referred to. No single company provides all helicopter transport, with a range of providers employed under the Commercial Air Transport Contract. This contract uses Central Travel Management to identify the most cost-effective commercially available helicopter travel for Ministry of Defence Ministers, senior Department officials and senior officers, alongside Cabinet Office and wider Government Ministers. Detail of the Cabinet Office Corporate Travel Management (North) Limited (CTM can be found at the following Contracts Finder link:

https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/notice/da014209-47d7-4805-8097-e191d7d1077f?origin=SearchResults&p=1