Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the Government has received from foreign military sales of F-35s.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Partner Nations within the F-35 programme who contribute to F-35 development can recoup elements of those development costs from foreign military sales of the F-35.
To date this has resulted in $94.83 million in recoupment costs for the Department.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many F-35 foreign military sales have been made by country.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
Foreign Military Sales (FMS) of the F-35 are managed by the Joint Program Office. There are 12 F-35 FMS customers who between them, are currently planning to procure 579 F-35 aircraft.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of the original expenditure on the F-35 programme was from his Department.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
All of the UK expenditure on the F-35 programme has come from the Ministry of Defence.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
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 investment in programme development.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will confirm whether UK cooperation with the Five Eyes Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Caucus is ongoing.
Answered by Louise Sandher-Jones - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 5 September 2025 to Question 69989.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information his Department holds on unidentified aerial phenomena.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
In over 50 years, no sighting reported to the Department has indicated the existence of any military threat to the UK and for this reason, the MOD ceased to investigate reports of UAP (Unidentified Aerial Phenomena) in 2009. All relevant materials created and held by the MOD up to 2009 were passed to the National Archives and are available to the public. The broad term UAP may be contained within documents such as ships logs, Defence Air Safety Occurrence Reports (DASORS) or correspondence from members of the public.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government has participated in any international groupings focused on unidentified aerial phenomena since May 2023.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Ministry of Defence has not participated in any international groupings specifically focused on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) since May 2023.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned studies into unidentified anomalous phenomena since 2013.
Answered by Luke Pollard - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
The Department has not conducted or commissioned any studies into Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministry of Defence staff embedded in the F-35 Joint Program Office in Washington D.C. can track where UK-made spare parts are sent.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Department does not provide the breakdown of individual UK roles within international programme offices.
Asked by: Clive Lewis (Labour - Norwich South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the roles held by Ministry of Defence staff embedded with the F-35 Joint Program Office in Washington DC.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The Department does not provide the breakdown of individual UK roles within international programme offices.