Navy: Task Forces
(asked on 3rd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the tweet of 1 November 2016 at 16:18 from the @HMSPWLS twitter account, whether his Department is planning to deploy the carrier strike group without Type 26 frigates; and whether his Department classifies that carrier strike group as a maritime task group.
This question was answered on 9th November 2016
The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers will operate as part of a Maritime Task Group, tailored to specific operational requirements.
Regarding the precise composition of the Maritime Task Group, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 31 October 2016 to Question 49920.