Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many individual occasions his Department was tasked with arranging rotary wing air transport for the Prime Minister on the aircraft registered under the marks (a) GZ100 and (b) G-MAOL between the dates of (i) 1 February 2021 to 24 October 2022 and (ii) 25 October 2022 to 4 September 2023.

Between 1 February 2021and 24 October 2022, the A109 rotary wing aircraft of the Command Support Air Transport Fleet was tasked, and flew the Prime Minister, fifteen times for official purposes.

Between 25 October 2022 and 4 September 2023, it was tasked and flew the Prime Minister on nine occasions for official purposes. Each task can include a number of separate legs.