Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2020 to Question 69468 on Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft, what the estimated period of cover is for the (a) Deployed Spares Pack and (b) Afloat Spares Pack.
The planning assumption for a Deployed Spares Pack is that it will support 12 aircraft for the first ten days of a land-based deployment. An Afloat Spares Pack is planned to support 12 embarked aircraft for 28 days.