Question follow-through · 111
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date, and at whose instruction, were the documents relating to the Chinook ZD576 sealed for 100-years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 19 May 2026
- Answer
- 19 May 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Defence and foreign affairs
- Chinook Helicopters: Accidents · 21 May 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Public Records · 2 Jun 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Public Records · 2 Jun 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Public Records · 2 Jun 2026
- Ministry of Defence: Public Records · 2 Jun 2026
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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 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on what date, and at whose instruction, were the documents relating to the Chinook ZD576 sealed for 100-years.
19 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 May 2026
Answer published
Extracts DEFE 71/1616/1 and DEFE 25/1073/3 were closed to the public on 18 November 2019 and 9 November 2020. The decision was taken following a sensitivity review undertaken by specialist Ministry of Defence (MOD) Records Review officials acting on behal...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2026 to Question 111, on what date, and at whose instruction, were any of the other documents relating to the Chinook ZD576 first closed to the public.
Ministry of Defence: Public Records
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions have documents relating to incidents, accidents, near misses and criminal activity have been closed to the public for 100 years, in each of the last ten years.
Ministry of Defence: Public Records
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to what matters do the documents which have been closed to the public for 100 years in each of the last ten years relate.
Ministry of Defence: Public Records
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what oversight, involvement, responsibility and accountability Ministers have for decisions relating to the closure of documents to the public for 100 years.
Ministry of Defence: Public Records
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) oversight, (b) involvement, (c) responsibility and (d) accountability he has have for decisions relating to the closure of documents to the public for any period of time.
Chinook Helicopters: Accidents
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any documents relating to the (a) Chinook Air Crash on 2 June 1994 and to (b) Mk 2 Chinook have been destroyed.