Question follow-through · 14115
Military Aircraft: Deployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Quick Reaction Alerts launches there were from (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Conningsby in each month in (i) 2025 and (ii) 2026.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 29 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 3 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
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Recorded timeline
29 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Quick Reaction Alerts launches there were from (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Conningsby in each month in (i) 2025 and (ii) 2026.
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
The number of Quick Reaction Alert launches from either RAF Coningsby or RAF Lossiemouth in each month in 2025 and 2026 can be found below. Number of days QRA launched each month. 2025Number of days QRA launched each month. 2026Jan11Feb00Mar00Apr21May01J...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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