Armed Forces: Coronavirus
(asked on 16th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost has been of each covid-19 related Military Aid to Civilian Authority (MACA) request.
This question was answered on 18th November 2020
The Military Assistance to the Civil Authorities (MACA) mechanism has been used by Defence to meet the support requirements of other Departments during COVID-19.
At present, 342 MACAs have been requested in support of Government's domestic COVID-19 response at an estimated total cost of £29.7million. Costs vary according to each task, although marginal costs are the default charging regime when military support is requested.