Question follow-through · 31422
Indo-Pacific Region: Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to deploy the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific this year.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 25 Feb 2025 · 12 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
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether it remains his Department's policy to deploy the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific this year.
25 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Feb 2025
Answer published
Defence is planning to deploy the Carrier Strike Group to the Indo-Pacific where it will be the focal point for numerous exercises, operations, and engagements in the region.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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