Army: Deployment

(asked on 15th June 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the present capacity of the British Army to fully equip and deploy its two divisions to an active kinetic engagement while maintaining the UK's other defence commitments around the world.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 21st June 2022

The ability to conduct high-end warfighting remains at the core of the British Army, including remaining a leading contributor to the NATO alliance and the ability to field a warfighting Division. The Army has two deployable divisions: 1 (UK) Division who provide a wide range of capabilities both at home and overseas; and 3 (UK) Division, the Army's primary armoured warfighting force.

In accordance with Defence's corporate governance structures and processes, the Army reports quarterly on its Performance against the goals and objectives set by the Defence Strategy and Defence Plan. For security reasons, the details of any Command's report on capability is held at higher classifications.

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