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F-35 Aircraft: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has decided whether to procure additional F-35 fighter jets.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
6 May 2025
Answer
6 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has decided whether to procure additional F-35 fighter jets.

  2. 6 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 May 2025

    Answer published

    I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Huntingdon (Ben Obese-Jecty) on 28 April 2025 to Question 45186.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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