Question follow-through · 17314
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many taskings for Military Aid to the Civil Authorities from his Department required the use of RAF CH-47 Chinook helicopters since 2019.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 7 Feb 2025 · 67 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
2 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many taskings for Military Aid to the Civil Authorities from his Department required the use of RAF CH-47 Chinook helicopters since 2019.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Feb 2025
Answer published
Since 2019, Defra has made two Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) requests that have resulted in the deployment of RAF CH-47 Chinooks. These were both in 2019.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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