Bombardier: Northern Ireland

(asked on 9th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether monies provided by them to Bombardier Aircraft Division for the "C" Series aircraft were examined for compliance with EU state aid rules; and, if so, with what result.


This question was answered on 17th October 2017

The UK Government's Repayable Launch Investment of £113.37 million to support Bombardier Aerospace (Shorts) in the design and development of the C Series aircraft wings was notified to the European Commission on 19 December 2008; and was approved on 18 June 2009.


Terms of the repayable launch investment are commercially sensitive.

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