Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Written Statement of 4 December 2023 on AUKUS Defence Partnership Update, HCWS89, how many Australian sailors have completed their training in the UK as of 11 January 2024.

No Australian sailors have completed their training yet; three officers are part of the initial RAN cohort that will graduate the Marine Engineering Submariners course (to become a nuclear supervisor) later this year.