Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Military Aid to Civil Authorities requests were not approved by his Department in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 and (d) 2022.

Defence does not routinely record the number of Military Aid to Civil Authorities requests (MACAs) which are not approved. MACA requests may not progress for approval for a number of reasons, such as being retracted, amended or superseded by an alternate contingency becoming available.