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	registered interest
	date	19/04/2016
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) F35, and (2) F35B, aircraft are currently flying in the US; how many F35B aircraft owned by the UK are currently flying in the UK; and how many F35B aircraft in total (1) have been purchased by the UK to date, and (2) will have been purchased by the UK by 1 April 2017.
	tabling member printed	Lord West of Spithead
	uin	HL7785
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The F-35 programme has delivered 179 aircraft to date, of which 53 are F-35B variants. There are currently no UK-owned F-35 aircraft flying in the UK.</p><p>To date, the UK has ordered eight F-35B aircraft of which four have been delivered and are flying in the US. By April 2017 the UK is planning to have ordered 17 F-35B aircraft, of which nine are scheduled to have been delivered.</p> answering member printed Earl Howe question first answered 28/04/2016 15:37:38 answering member 2000 label Biography information for Earl Howe
	tabling member	3834 label Biography information for Lord West of Spithead

843717

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of F-35’s ready for operations.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	128085
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK owns 14 F-35B Lightning aircraft which are all currently based in the US. A further three are due for delivery through the course of 2018.</p><p>This summer 617 Squadron will stand up in the UK with nine front-line operational aircraft, and we plan to declare an Initial Operating Capability from land bases in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 128091 question first answered 26/02/2018 16:29:59 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

843718

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many hours of flight time have been recorded by UK F-35’s (a) in total and (b) per plane.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	128088
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK's current fleet of 14 F-35B Lightning aircraft has amassed a total of some 2,140 flying hours. This equates to an average of around 150 hours per aircraft; with a range of 12 flying hours to 555 flying hours depending on how long we have owned each individual aircraft.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb question first answered 26/02/2018 16:28:07 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

843719

	registered interest
	date	19/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of the UK F-35 fleet are (a) in the US and (b) operating out of UK bases.
	tabling member constituency	Bridgend
	tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
	uin	128091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>The UK owns 14 F-35B Lightning aircraft which are all currently based in the US. A further three are due for delivery through the course of 2018.</p><p>This summer 617 Squadron will stand up in the UK with nine front-line operational aircraft, and we plan to declare an Initial Operating Capability from land bases in December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Aberconwy answering member printed Guto Bebb grouped question UIN 128085 question first answered 26/02/2018 16:29:59 answering member 3910 label Biography information for Guto Bebb
	tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

781384

	registered interest
	date	31/10/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Defence
	answering dept id	11
	answering dept short name	Defence
	answering dept sort name	Defence
	hansard heading	Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department of the findings of the United States Government Accountability Office report to Congressional Committees published in October 2017, on F-35 aircraft sustainment.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	110647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2017 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence continues to work closely with the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) on all issues identified within the United States Government Accountability Office report.</p><p>The JPO has numerous initiatives under way to improve F-35 logistics and sustainment, for example accelerating depot capability and capacity, increasing delivery of spare parts, and reducing overall sustainment costs.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin grouped question UIN 110691 question first answered 03/11/2017 14:00:43 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones