To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of the 25 airlift A400M aircraft is; and whether the order is on a fixed value contract. (170021)

The current forecast cost of the UK A400M programme is £2,629 million. The contract is Fixed Price with the reference price expressed in 1998 Economic Conditions and subject to a Price Revision Formula based on the Eurostat Gross Domestic Product index.