Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to activate RAF Fairford for use by US visiting forces; and whether he (a) has had or (b) intends to have discussions with the US authorities about the future of RAF Fairford.

The UK and US have routine discussions on all aspects of US Visiting Forces in the UK. RAF Fairford is a US Visiting Forces base which is held in readiness to receive US and NATO forces as required, and proposed deployments to the base are subject to a process of notification and consultation with the Ministry of Defence. In 2015, as part of the US European Basing Review, the US reiterated that RAF Fairford has a viable long-term future supporting US and NATO requirements.