Question follow-through · 46874
RFA Argus
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status is of RFA Argus.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 22 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2025 · 6 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
22 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the operational status is of RFA Argus.
28 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2025
Answer published
RFA ARGUS is maintained at a state of readiness for tasks including serving as an Aviation Support Ship for the UK’s Littoral Response Group (LRG), and as a Primary Casualty Receiving Facility. During periods when it is not needed for LRG or medical opera...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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