Question follow-through · 77069
Aviation: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of commercial airline pilots the UK will need to train each year to provide the workforce required (a) at current levels and (b) to meet anticipated lev
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 15 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2025 · 29 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of commercial airline pilots the UK will need to train each year to provide the workforce required (a) at current levels and (b) to meet anticipated lev
13 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2025
Answer published
As the UK aviation sector operates predominantly in the private sector, it is for individual airlines to recruit and train pilots to meet today’s demand and the demand of the future. I therefore welcome the funded pilot training programmes that British Ai...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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