Written question asked by Lord Davies of Stamford (Conservative) on Wednesday, 4 April 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 April 2001. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 April 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will enumerate the items on which the £600 million to be expended on UK specific requirements for the Joint Strike Fighter are to be spent.

Answer: Mr. Quentin Davies: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will enumerate the items on which the £600 million to be expended on UK specific requirements for the Joint Strike Fighter are to be spent. [157734] Mr. Hoon: The items on which the £600 million is to be spent are: procurement of weapons and their supply to the US Engineering and Manufacturing Development Prime Contractor for test purposes in support of design activities for the integration of the UK weapons currently identified as initial fit requirements; ensuring JSF is fully operable in the UK and NATO Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence environments; compliance with UK aircraft and weapons safety, environmental and acceptance processes, and integration design activities and supply of weapons for test purposes for post-initial fit UK weapons.

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