Canada: Military Exercises

(asked on 20th January 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many training exercises will take place at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in (a) the current financial year and (b) the next financial year.


Answered by
Al Carns Portrait
Al Carns
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
This question was answered on 26th January 2026

BATUS continues to be used for both training and experimentation activity.

Below are the numbers of training exercises that have taken place at BATUS in each of the last 10 financial years, including the current financial year. 18 Training exercises have taken place in total.

Financial Year

Number of Training Exercises

2016-17

3

2017-18

3

2018-19

2

2019-20

2

2020-21

0

2021-22

0

2022-23

2

2023-24

2

2024-25

2

2025-26

2

There is one further training exercise currently scheduled to take place next financial year 2027-27.

Future use of BATUS is dependent upon the outcome of the Defence Investment Plan.

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