Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the UK contribution will be to NATO's new Joint Support and Enabling Command.

The configuration and requirements for the Joint Support and Enabling Command are being developed within SACEUR's Implementation Plan for the NATO Command Structure Adaptation. This will be refined ahead of an announcement at the NATO Summit in July. It is too early to define the UK's exact contribution but it will be consistent with the UK's leading role in the Alliance and with a fair share of the burden alongside our Allies.