Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK staff were based at (a) NATO headquarters, (b) Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and (c) NATO Northwood in (i) 2021, (ii) 2022 and (iii) 2023.

The UK is one of the largest contributors of personnel to NATO, underlining our commitment to deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area, with personnel deployed over twenty-one countries.

The number of UK personnel posted to NATO Headquarters, SHAPE and MARCOM in 2021, 2022 and 2023 can be found below.