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Question follow-through · 116220

Military Aircraft: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106742 on Military Aircraft: Ministers, whether the use of RAF CSAT aircraft includes use of military helicopters.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Answering body
Ministry of Defence
Tabled
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
6 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2026 to Question 106742 on Military Aircraft: Ministers, whether the use of RAF CSAT aircraft includes use of military helicopters.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The hon. Member will recall that when this Government took office, we cancelled the VIP helicopter contract that had attracted so much criticism in previous years when used by the previous Government. The current RAF Command Support Air Transport fleet co...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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