Question follow-through · 6808
RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to RAF (a) Molesworth and (b) Alconbury.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 15 Oct 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to RAF (a) Molesworth and (b) Alconbury.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Oct 2024
Answer published
Allocation of funding for United States Visiting Forces Estate in the United Kingdom is the responsibility of the United States Government.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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