Lord West of Spithead – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord West of Spithead on 2015-12-08.

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.

Earl Howe

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.