Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Tornado aircraft (1) the RAF possess which are (a) available for operation, (b) maintained at each of the various defined levels, and (c) in storage; and (2) the RAF intend to fund for each of the above categories in each of the years from 2015–18.

The information is not available in the format requested. The number of aircraft available varies day-to-day according to normal fleet management activities.

I am withholding further information on the number of serviceable aircraft available for operations on the grounds of safeguarding national security.