Question follow-through · 39151
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the potential impact of replacing the fleet of RAF Typhoon aircraft with F-35 jets on the number of jobs in the defence industry in (a) Leicester East constituency and (b) Engla
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 25 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an estimate of the potential impact of replacing the fleet of RAF Typhoon aircraft with F-35 jets on the number of jobs in the defence industry in (a) Leicester East constituency and (b) Engla
20 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Mar 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Stockport (Navendu Mishra) on 20 March 2025 to Qustion 38677.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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