Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) UK and (b) foreign personnel have been assigned to work on Operation Interflex.
Training of the first tranche of trainees under Operation Interflex began on 27 June 2022. The following table breaks down the numbers of UK and foreign personnel assigned to work on Operation Interflex at the beginning of each month since July 2022 where figures are currently available:
| 2022 | |||||
| July | August | September | October | November | December |
UK support – snapshot of workforce at beginning of the month | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,029 | 953 | 820 | 181 |
Non-UK support – snapshot of workforce at beginning of the month | 0 | 0 | 371 | 447 | 580 | 13 |
Total | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 1,400 | 194 |