Question follow-through · 33536
Military Aircraft: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of Royal Air Force fighter pilots.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 13 Mar 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the number of Royal Air Force fighter pilots.
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Mar 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) continually assesses pilot numbers to appropriately resource the Combat Air Force and are comfortable with the number of Royal Air Force fighter pilots against extant Defence Tasks. The MOD has a range of governance measures ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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