Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time (a) civilian and (b) military personnel in his Department are working on pillar (i) one and (ii) two of the Australia – United Kingdom – United States (AUKUS) partnership.

Both AUKUS Pillar 1 (SSN-AUKUS) and Pillar 2 (Advanced Capabilities) are being delivered through a cross-Whitehall effort, led by the Ministry of Defence.

Given the cross-cutting nature of AUKUS, it is not practical to quantify the specific number of people working on it.