Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Commander UK Amphibious Forces Headquarters is to be folded into a revamped Maritime Battle Staff this year.

The Ministry of Defence decided in 2016 to undertake work to plan for a merger of the two existing elements of the Fleet battlestaff, Commander UK Amphibious Forces (COMUKAMPHIBFOR) and Maritime Battle Staff (MBS) into a single deployable Headquarters.

The Naval Service continues to consider the planning associated with this merger. No date has been set for the completion of this work.