Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Written Statement of 18 April 2016, HCWS 678, on Armed Forces update, when he will provide the House with the annual update on embedded personnel for the year 2016.

The written statement, 'UK Embedded Forces', of 17 December 2015 (HCWS431) informed the House that future updates would be published annually through the Ministry of Defence's annual report and accounts (ARAC). Page 28 of the linked report for financial year (FY) 2015-16 refers:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/558559/MoD_AR16.pdf .

Figures for FY 2016-17 will be published via the 2016-17 ARAC later this year.