Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Eurofighter/Typhoon fighter jets were originally planned for in the defence programme; and on what basis that number was calculated.

At the time initial approvals were given in the mid-1990s, the number of Eurofighter Typhoon originally planned for in the defence programme was 232. However, this had reduced to 160 firm orders by the time that the final Tranche 3 contract was signed in 2009 under a previous Government.

The basis used to calculate that planned number in the 1990s would now be a matter of public record and any remaining records would be held in the National Archives.