Question follow-through · 17323
Chinook Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many CH-47 Chinook helicopters have been deployed in Operations overseas in 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 2 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 10 Dec 2024 · 8 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 Defence, how many CH-47 Chinook helicopters have been deployed in Operations overseas in 2024.
4 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Dec 2024
Answer published
I hope the hon. Gentleman will understand that we do not routinely disclose details relating to the deployment of the Chinook helicopter in the interests of security and operational effectiveness.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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