Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Chinooks are in operational service and deployable across the three service arms.

The British Army holds and maintains an appropriate amount of all vehicles to meet operational requirements. For Operational Security reasons, I cannot comment on how many Apache or Chinook platforms are currently deployable.

I am withholding this information as its disclosure would, or would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the Armed Forces.

Details of the number of vehicles in the UK Armed Forces are published on an annual basis on the government's website. The most recent publication can be found here: UK_Armed_Forces_Equipment_and_Formations_2021_tables.xlsx (live.com)