Written question asked by Graeme Downie (Labour) on Monday, 29 June 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 2 July 2026 (named day). It was answered by Louise Sandher-Jones (Labour) on Thursday, 2 July 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Military Aircraft: Deployment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Quick Reaction Alerts launches there were from (a) RAF Lossiemouth and (b) RAF Conningsby in each month in (i) 2025 and (ii) 2026.

Answer

The number of Quick Reaction Alert launches from either RAF Coningsby or RAF Lossiemouth in each month in 2025 and 2026 can be found below.

	Number of days QRA launched each month. 2025	Number of days QRA launched each month. 2026
Jan	1	1
Feb	0	0
Mar	0	0
Apr	2	1
May	0	1
Jun	0	0
Jul	0
Aug	1
Sep	2
Oct	0
Nov	0
Dec	0

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