| Heading: |
F-35 Aircraft |
| Question ID: |
1816568 |
| UIN: |
62843 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-25 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5332 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lincoln Jopp
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| Asking Member handle: |
LincolnJopp
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@LincolnJopp
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO nuclear mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, whether his Depa |
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false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-07-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
483 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Maria Eagle
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| Answering Member handle: |
meaglemp
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@meaglemp
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Defence will initially purchase 12 F-35A aircraft from within previously agreed F-35B purchase schedules. Future F-35 purchases will be reviewed as part of the Defence Investment Plan, which will conclude in the autumn. |
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| Answering body ID: |
11 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Defence |
| Tweeted: |
true |