§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the decision was taken to send Chinooks to Senegal in order to assist the deployment of troops; when the Chinooks left the United Kingdom; when they arrived in Senegal; and if he will make a statement. [126998]
§ Mr. HoonThe decision to deploy Chinooks to Dakar in Senegal, which was designated as the Forward Mounting Base for the evacuation operation, was taken on Saturday 6 May. The Chinooks left the UK that day and flew to Dakar over the course of that weekend, arriving in the early morning of 8 May.