Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 62843
F-35 Aircraft
Tabled: 25 June 2025
Answered: 4 July 2025
Question
Lincoln Jopp
Conservative — Spelthorne
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the press release entitled UK to purchase F-35As and join NATO nuclear mission as Government steps up national security and delivers defence dividend, published on 24 June 2025, whether his Depa
Answer
Maria EagleThe Ministry of Defence will initially purchase 12 F-35A aircraft from within previously agreed F-35B purchase schedules. Future F-35 purchases will be reviewed as part of the Defence Investment Plan, which will conclude in the autumn.