Written questions

Royal Engineers: Development Aid and Peacekeeping Operations

Commons · Question 3761 · Tabled 2 Sep 2024 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 10 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Sarah Olney

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

Answered by Luke Pollard, 10 Sep 2024

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...