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Anguilla: Disaster Relief

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a preparedness plan for RAF ships to provide support to Anguilla in the case of natural disasters.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
25 Feb 2026
Answer
9 Mar 2026 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has a preparedness plan for RAF ships to provide support to Anguilla in the case of natural disasters.

  2. 25 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence works closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to ensure that preparedness plans are in place in the case of a natural disaster impacting the Overseas Territories in the Caribbean, including Anguilla.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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