Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 12 of Defence’s response to a more contested and volatile world, published on 18 July 2023, CP 901, what the difference in force levels is between DCP 21 and DCP23.

DCP23 states that Defence will maintain force levels broadly at the levels announced in DCP21.

The last quarterly update of service personnel statistics was released on 22 June 23.

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/quarterly-service-personnel-statistics-2023