Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 88003
F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
Tabled: 4 November 2025
Answered: 17 November 2025
Question
Ben Obese-Jecty
Conservative — Huntingdon
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5 of the Fifty First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-26 on The UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability, HC 1232, published on 31 October 2025, for what reason t
Answer
Luke PollardThe decision to extend the out-of-service date for the UK F-35B fleet to 2069 was made by the previous Government.