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Military Aircraft: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) existing and (b) projected cost of outsourced fast-hey pilot training from other nations is.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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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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  1. 8 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) existing and (b) projected cost of outsourced fast-hey pilot training from other nations is.

  2. 22 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The cost detail for outsourced fast jet pilot training is being withheld to protect commercial confidentiality. Outsourcing services are negotiated Government to Government via Memorandums of Understanding and Technical Arrangements and therefore it would...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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