Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many C-130J aircraft are (a) held within the Forward Available Fleet and (b) what is their Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removals as of 24 April 2023.

The Air Mobility Force is currently heavily engaged in the evacuation of civilians from the Sudan and it is not currently possible to provide meaningful data relating to Mean Time Between Unscheduled Removal.

Figures for the number of aircraft in the Forward Available Fleet are given below: