Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish (a) the cost of, (b) who requested and (c) which Department approved the planned works to RAF Voyager.
The total forecast cost for completing the repaint of the RAF Voyager VIP aircraft (including related costs) is approximately £900,000. The project will be carried out by Marshall Aerospace Defence Group (MADG) in Cambridge.
The decision to repaint the VIP Voyager - and approval of a design that best projected Global Britain - was taken on a cross-Government basis, to be funded by the Ministry of Defence.