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Ministry of Defence: Straight Flight

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent with Straight Flight Nevada Commercial Leasing LLC since October 2023.

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
2 Sept 2025
Target answer date
8 Sept 2025
Answer
18 Sept 2025 · 16 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Sept 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent with Straight Flight Nevada Commercial Leasing LLC since October 2023.

  2. 8 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence has been conducting unarmed surveillance flights over Gaza for the sole purpose of locating hostages. The UK controls what information is passed on to Israeli authorities and only information relating to hostage rescue will be pass...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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