Question follow-through · 108464
RAF Benson: Chinook Helicopters
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Chinook Operational Conversion Unit will remain at RAF Benson.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 26 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 3 Feb 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
26 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Chinook Operational Conversion Unit will remain at RAF Benson.
28 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Feb 2026
Answer published
There are no current plans for a relocation of the UK’s Support Helicopter Force or the Chinook Operational Conversion Unit.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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