Question follow-through · 45186
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has budgeted for ordering a second tranche of F-35 jets.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 8 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 22 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 20 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
8 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has budgeted for ordering a second tranche of F-35 jets.
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Integrated Review Defence Command Paper 2021 set the Departmental budget for the F-35 Lightning Programme. This remains the programme of record.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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