The hon.

Let us be clear: our armed forces continue to meet all their operational commitments and remain at over 93% manned.

In the 2015 strategic defence and security review and the national shipbuilding strategy, the Government committed to maintaining a surfa

The hon.

My hon. Friend is exactly right. Indeed, only last week I was in Oslo for a meeting of the Northern Group of nations.

We remain committed to maintaining the overall size of the armed forces.

Information regarding Army bomb disposal callouts between 2012-2018 can be found in the tables below.

The creation of a European Army has never formally been proposed at European Union (EU) level and we do not believe that it would receive

364 British Army personnel died as a result of injuries and illnesses sustained on Operation Herrick.

The Government is undertaking a wide range of continuing analysis in support of our EU exit negotiations and preparations.