Joint Exercises
(asked on 6th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Joint Expeditionary Force exercises took place in each year since 2014.
This question was answered on 9th March 2023
The information requested can be found in the table below:
Year | Number of Exercises | Approximate Number of UK Personnel on the Exercises |
2014 | 0 | 0 |
2015 | 0 | 0 |
2016 | 2 | c1,250 |
2017 | 1 | c1,500 |
2018 | 3 | c10,500 |
2019 | 3 | c1,500 |
2020 | 3 | c2,600 |
2021 | 2 | c500 |
2022 | 4 | c1,350 |
Total | 18 | c19,200 |
Notes to table:
- The number of UK personnel on exercises are approximations.
- Figures for years 2014 and 2015 are 0 because the JEF was announced in 2014 and the Comprehensive Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2015. JEF exercises then began in 2016.