Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled UK and Poland agree enhanced missile defence and helicopter training cooperation, published on 13 January, how many Polish helicopter pilots will conduct training in the UK in each remaining year of the current Parliament.

Poland is one of the UK’s strongest allies and the UK-Poland defence relationship goes from strength to strength. Cooperation under NATO’s Eastern Sentry mission sees British and Polish pilots flying together to protect Polish and NATO airspace. 8 Polish military helicopter pilots will commence training at RAF Shawbury in Training Year 2026/2027; this has been agreed through the NATO Flight Training Europe (NFTE) programme. NFTE allocations for the remaining Training Years in the current Parliament have not yet been confirmed.