Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he plans to run a competition to replace the RAF’s airborne early warning aircraft.

No decision has been made with regard to the future delivery of the UK's Airborne Warning and Control capabilities, although a range of options are being explored. I am withholding details of the level of funding allocated for the future delivery of the RAF's Airborne Warning and Control System as releasing them would prejudice commercial interests.