Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39746, what the original purchase cost was of the Voyager aircraft that has been adapted.

Voyager aircraft are not purchased on an individual basis, but are supplied as part of a 27 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) service, originally signed in March 2008, to provide the Royal Air Force with an air to air refuelling and air transport capability. The total cost of the Voyager PFI service, which includes a fleet of 14 aircraft and associated infrastructure, personnel, maintenance and training costs over this 27 year period is £10.5 billion.