Question follow-through · 78339
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the original expenditure on the F-35 programme was from his Department.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Lord Mandelson · 5 Feb 2026
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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
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the original expenditure on the F-35 programme was from his Department.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
All of the UK expenditure on the F-35 programme has come from the Ministry of Defence.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Lord Mandelson
5 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether (a) he or (b) any members of his Department met with or corresponded with Lord Mandelson on Palantir.