Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Administrator's Report on the collapse of Monarch Airlines Group, published on 24 November, and the disclosure that substantial sums will be paid to Petrol Jersey Ltd and Windsor Jersey Ltd, both affiliates of the owners of Monarch, Greybull Group; whether they have now made progress in recovering public monies expended by Her Majetsy's Government in repatriating to the UK passengers of Monarch airlines; and if so, what.

The Insolvency Service’s enquiries into the insolvency of Monarch are ongoing and it continues to liaise with the administrators and the CAA to establish the facts surrounding the administration of Monarch Airlines Group.

The Department for Transport are continuing to work with several third parties, including relevant card providers and travel providers through which passengers have booked flights, to recover costs from the repatriation operation. We have begun the process of issuing invoices to third parties, and we will report back with more detail on cost recovery in due course.