Question follow-through · 105201
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the decision on the New Medium Helicopter programme will be made and announced.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jan 2026 · 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
13 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when the decision on the New Medium Helicopter programme will be made and announced.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government will make a final decision on the award of the New Medium Helicopter contract through the wider Defence Investment Plan (DIP). The Department is working flat out to deliver the DIP, which will be published as soon as possible. It is backed ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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