Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which facility the UK's P-8 fleet will undergo depth maintenance work.

Routine maintenance of the UK Poseidon MRA1 fleet, including some scheduled depth activities, is already being carried out at the Atlantic Building at RAF Lossiemouth.

The arrangements for other scheduled depth activities, such as the longer duration and deeper but less frequent maintenance events during the in-service life of the aircraft, do not need to begin for the Poseidon fleet until the mid-2020s and for the Wedgetail AEW Mk 1 fleet until later in the decade. These arrangements are still being considered and will be subject to the usual Ministry of Defence scrutiny and approvals processes.