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Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Friday, 29 August 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 September 2025. It was answered by Luke Pollard (Labour) on Monday, 13 October 2025 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Future Combat Air System: Manufacturing Industries

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question HL9397 on Typhoon Aircraft: Factories, on what evidential basis his Department calculated that Combat Air would support 40,000 long-term, high-quality UK manufacturing jobs.

Answer

The figure related to an estimate of the number of jobs sustained across the Combat Air sector and its supply chains by the additional investment announced in the Strategic Defence Review over the next ten years. The estimate was based on internal analysis and some open-source data from the wider Combat Air industrial base.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
71990
Session
2024-26
Related items
Typhoon Aircraft: Factories
Thursday, 24 July 2025
Written questions
House of Lords
Subjects
Employment Manufacturing industries Future combat air system
Link
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