Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 5 of the Fifty First Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2024-26 on The UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability, HC 1232, published on 31 October 2025, for what reason the out of service date was extended from 2048 to 2069.

The decision to extend the out-of-service date for the UK F-35B fleet to 2069 was made by the previous Government.