France: Joint Exercises
(asked on 7th March 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK-French training exercises have taken place through the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force in each year since its inception.
The information requested on the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) can be found in the table below:
Year | Number of CJEF exercises | Estimated number of UK personnel taking part in exercise activity with the French | Estimated number of French personnel taking part in exercise activity with the UK |
2015 | 2 | c.115 | c.115 |
2016 | 1 | c.3,500 | c. 1,700 |
2017 | 1 | c.15 | c.15 |
2018 | 1 | c.20 | c.20 |
2019 | 5 | c.230 | c.230 |
2020/21 | All planned CJEF exercises were cancelled due to COVID | ||
2022 | 1 | c.25 | c.25 |
Notes to table:
- Numbers of deployed Service personnel for both nations are approximations.
- The numbers reflect CJEF exercises only; there will have been additional France-UK bilateral activity that is not accounted for in these numbers.
- Information on CJEF exercises prior to the achievement of Full Operating Capability in 2019-20 is limited.