Question follow-through · 94467
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the New Medium Helicopter programme.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 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
25 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the status is of the New Medium Helicopter programme.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 25 November 2025 to Question 91436:
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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