Question follow-through · 3754

Chinook Helicopters: Accidents

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.

answeredMinistry of Defence

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Ministry of Defence
Tabled
21 May 2026
Target answer date
3 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jun 2026 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 May 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 3 Jun 2026

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  3. 3 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Defence (MOD) have conducted an extensive search of The National Archive’s (TNA) search engine, Discovery, and have been unable to locate any further MOD records relating to Chinook ZD576 being listed as closed to the public. The MOD can c...

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Ministry of Defence: Public Records

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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.

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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.

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Ministry of Defence: Public Records

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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.