Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in negotiations to secure contributions to the cost of repatriating stranded passengers of Monarch airlines from related parties of the airline, including Greybull Capital.

We are focused on making sure that there is clear burden sharing of the repatriation operation, and are seeking to recover costs of the operation from several third parties. This process is ongoing and a final position on cost recoveries is unlikely to be known until the completion of the administration, which may take several months. We will in due course be able to report back with more detail.