Question follow-through · 19748
Military Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16360, how many requests for MACA tasks were a) rejected, b) withdrawn and c) reduced in scope in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 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
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to question 16360, how many requests for MACA tasks were a) rejected, b) withdrawn and c) reduced in scope in the last 12 months.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Sept 2026
Answer published
From January to July 2026, Defence received 33 Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) requests. 16 requests have been successfully delivered, five have been withdrawn, two rejected, and two cancelled. The remaining requests are currently open and pr...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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