Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government plans for the UK to remain engaged with Operation Atlanta.

The UK ceased to participate in Operation Atalanta in March 2019. The UK no longer has the necessary legal basis to participate in EU Common Security and Defence Policy operations and is not planning to re-join Atalanta. We remain engaged in the Horn of Africa through bilateral and small group partnerships to promote the rule of law and support upstream conflict prevention, stabilisation and security reform.