Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when was the last time the UK exercised at Division level.

At this moment in time there is currently not a planned Divisional Exercise deployment. However the Army has a substantial and sophisticated exercise programme in place to ensure that it is trained and ready to operate at the divisional level. This includes training with Allies and partners.

The UK recently took part in Exercise WARFIGHTER a US led exercise (Mar- Apr 21), which saw HQ 3 (UK) Division deploy to Fort Hood, Texas as part of III (US) Corp.

The last time a full Army Division deployed for training purposes was Exercise White Rhino, which took place in West Germany in September 1989.