Question follow-through · 85037
Gibraltar: Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the restrictions on British military aircrafts (a) arriving at and (b) departing from Gibraltar on (i) military operations and (ii) financial costs to
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 24 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 4 Nov 2025 · 11 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
24 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the restrictions on British military aircrafts (a) arriving at and (b) departing from Gibraltar on (i) military operations and (ii) financial costs to
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Nov 2025
Answer published
UK military aircraft travelling to and from RAF Gibraltar are routed so as to avoid Spanish territorial airspace, in accordance with Spanish restrictions on UK military overflights. RAF Gibraltar continues to operate as a sovereign UK military airfield, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Civil Defence
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Ministry of Defence: Eutelsat OneWeb
28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the expected return on investment for investments in Eutelsat OneWeb.
Ministry of Defence: Eutelsat OneWeb
28 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has paid to Eutelsat OneWeb in each of the last six years.
Defence: Satellites
29 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of an increase in the use of satellites on GPS disruption.
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will meet with the families impacted by the Chinook ZD576 crash.
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will undertake a full review of the (a) technical, (b) legal and (c) regulatory failures that led to the Chinook ZD576 crash.
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to learn from the Ministry of Defence’s handling of the Chinook ZD576 crash.
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to support families impacted by the Chinook ZD576 crash.
Army: Sexual Offences
4 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what support his Department is offering to people affected by alleged sexual abuse relating to medical checks carried out between the 1970s and 2016 British Army recruitment processes.
Armed Conflict: Children
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to help prevent injuries and deaths among children caused by explosive weapons in conflict.
Space: Cooperation
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to coordinate work on space between government, industry and universities.
Space: Finance
17 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to improve the UK’s space funding model.