Question follow-through · 28977
Armed Forces: Fire and Rescue Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of deploying military personnel to support the Fire Service in wildfire fighting capability.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 10 Sept 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 17 Sept 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
10 Sept 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of deploying military personnel to support the Fire Service in wildfire fighting capability.
15 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Sept 2026
Answer published
Through Military Aid to the Civil Authorities, Defence can bolster civilian responders and help protect communities. Deploying military personnel can give Fire and Rescue Services additional capacity to carry out general duties, logistics and transport ta...
Official data retrieved 1 Oct 2026.
Later records
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