John Woodcock – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Woodcock on 2016-04-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he has made an assessment of the (a) feasibility and (b) potential cost of hiring P3-Orion aircraft before the P-8As come into service.

Mr Philip Dunne

The Ministry of Defence has no plans to lease any P-3 Orion aircraft prior to the introduction to service of the P-8A.