Question follow-through · 33712

Military Aircraft: Helicopters

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 20867 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether the introduction into service of the New Medium Helicopter will be brought forward in light of the commitment

answeredAdam DanceMinistry of Defence

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Answering body: Ministry of Defence
Tabled: 25 Feb 2025
Target answer date: 4 Mar 2025
Answer: 6 Mar 2025 · 9 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
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Recorded timeline

25 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 20867 on Military Aircraft: Helicopters, whether the introduction into service of the New Medium Helicopter will be brought forward in light of the commitment
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Mar 2025
Answer published
The progress of the New Medium Helicopter programme is not affected by the commitment to spend 2.5% GDP on defence by 2027. There are no plans to change the extant New Medium Helicopter competition which started on 27 February 2024 with the release of the...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Military Aircraft: Helicopters

22 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned timetable is for awarding the contract for the New Medium Helicopter.