Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 1.8, page 16, of the National Audit Office report, Delivering Carrier Strike, published on 16 March 2017, what proportion of (a) total fleet and (b) Royal Navy personnel he expects to be assigned to a carrier task group.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 28 March 2017 to Question 68694 to the hon. Member for Dunfirmline and West Fife (Douglas Chapman).