Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total (a) acquisition cost and (b) estimated life-cycle cost of the A400M Atlas transport aircraft programme is.
The current total provision for acquisition of the A400M Atlas fleet for the Royal Air Force is £2.6 billion.
The estimated whole life cost for the current fleet is £7.2 billion, up to the planned out-of-service date.