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Armed Forces: Deployment

Commons · Question 97616 · Tabled 5 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Defence · Official record

Answered 15 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

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

Answered by Al Carns, 15 Dec 2025

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...