F-35 Aircraft: Procurement
Commons · Question 91204 · Tabled 14 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 2.6 of the report entitled The UK’s F-35 capability, HC 989, published by the National Audit Office on 11 July 2025, what steps are being taken to address personnel shortfalls within t
Answer
Answered by Luke Pollard, 20 Nov 2025
We inherited a retention and recruitment crisis from the last Government and are determined to fix it. The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has introduced a programme of surging recruitment for the RAF so that it returns to workforce balance across every special...