Written Question·Ministry of Defence·UIN 3761

Royal Engineers: Development Aid and Peacekeeping Operations

Tabled: 2 September 2024
Answered: 10 September 2024

Question

Sarah Olney

Liberal DemocratRichmond Park

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Royal Engineers have helped to construct road bridges in (a) aid and (b) peacekeeping missions.

Answer

Luke Pollard
The Corps of Royal Engineers primarily builds temporary bridges that enable military road traffic to cross dry and wet gaps during operational deployments. The Corps of Royal Engineers has not recently helped to construct road bridges in aid or peacekeepi...

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