Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 18985

Army

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 20 December 2024
Named Day

Question

James Cartlidge

Conservative — South Suffolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2024 to Question 12029 on Army and with reference to the keynote recording of the Chief of the General Staff at the RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2024, published on 23 June 202

Answer

Luke Pollard
Ministers are fully supportive of the Chief of the General Staff’s ambition to double the fighting power of the British Army by 2027 and treble it by 2030, which is in line with the Departmental priorities for the British Army.