Douglas Carswell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Douglas Carswell on 2016-01-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the lifetime cost to the public purse of the Royal Air Force Airbus A400M.

Mr Philip Dunne

The forecast costs of the main elements making up the A400M Atlas aircraft programme, including the acquisition, training and in-service support of the aircraft, is £3.6 billion.