Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel are based in Estonia; and how many will be based in that country in (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

There are currently 984 UK Service personnel deployed to Estonia as part of the UK's enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) (down from 1554 in May 2023 when Ex SPRING STORM 2023 was taking place). A baseline deployment of c.1,000 troops is planned to be deployed in both 2024 and 2025. However, as the eFP is a rotational deployment, the precise number of personnel deployed will vary at any one point during that period. For example, during peak training periods, such as exercise SPRING STORM 2024, these numbers are likely to rise to c.2,000 UK personnel. In addition to our eFP deployment, from February to July 2023 the UK has also deployed a Typhoon squadron and 100 personnel from 140 Expeditionary Air Wing (some 200 personnel in total), in support of NATO's enhanced Air Policing mission.