Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 97616

Armed Forces: Deployment

Tabled: 5 December 2025
Answered: 15 December 2025

Question

Matt Vickers

ConservativeStockton West

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the readiness of deployable military units.

Answer

Al Carns
The Armed Forces readiness is directed by the Armed Forces Plan, in which the Chief of the Defence Staff directs his Military Command Chiefs to hold a variety of Force Elements at varying levels of readiness. This readiness in aligned to our NATO Force Mo...

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