Question follow-through · 13245
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a timeline for the (a) design, (b) tendering and (c) award of contracts for (i) dry-dock maintenance and (ii) berthing of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet from 2028.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 25 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 29 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 2 Jul 2026 · 7 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
25 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a timeline for the (a) design, (b) tendering and (c) award of contracts for (i) dry-dock maintenance and (ii) berthing of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet from 2028.
29 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) are an indispensable part of Defence, and I am grateful to all the seafarers in the RFA who support defence outputs. The Ministry of Defence is developing requirements for future RFA afloat support arrangements, including d...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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