Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the modernisation of the (a) two divisions and (b) Corps HQ that the British Army provides to NATO’s strategic reserve corps to be completed.

The delivery of the Army’s modernisation programme is ongoing and subject to review as part of the Defence Investment Plan.

Early steps that have already been made include: the elevation of key capabilities to the Corps level (Engineers, Air Defence, Aviation, Medical, Military Policing); the re-establishment of Armoured Infantry capability for 3 (UK) Division; the establishment of a new Reconnaissance Strike Brigade for 1 (UK) Division. We have also grown capabilities in a number of areas including Counter-Intelligence, Close Support Engineering, and Land Targeting.

The headmark for the delivery of the associated capability modernisation and transformation programmes remains 2035.