Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 14588

Arctic: Marines

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 8 July 2026

Question

Ian Roome

Liberal Democrat — North Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his department is taking to progress the transformation of the UK Commando Force into a warfighting formation focused on the High North, including an increase in Royal Marine numbers deployed to the re

Answer

Louise Sandher-Jones
The Government is continuing to transform the UK Commando Force into a more agile, lethal and technology-enabled warfighting formation, optimised for operations in the Euro-Atlantic and High North alongside NATO Allies. The £100 million announced for new ...
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