Question follow-through · 49542
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45186 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, how much of his Department's budget for the F-35 Lightning programme has been spent to date.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 30 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 6 May 2025
- Answer
- 12 May 2025 · 12 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
30 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45186 on F-35 Aircraft: Procurement, how much of his Department's budget for the F-35 Lightning programme has been spent to date.
6 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 May 2025
Answer published
It is taking time to collate the requested information, and I will write to the hon. Member and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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