Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 69032

F-35 Aircraft: Finance

Tabled: 18 July 2025
Answered: 2 October 2025
Named Day

Question

Clive Lewis

LabourNorwich South

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department receives a share of funds from every F-35 sold to (a) foreign military sales customers and (b) Israel.

Answer

Luke Pollard
A key part of the overall funding approach for the F-35 is that all F-35 partners who contributed to development costs for the platform are able to recoup elements of the that original expenditure from foreign military sales, relative to their level of in...

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