Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made the total number of personnel required for the Royal Navy to crew the new ships announced by the Prime Minister in his statement of 19 November 2020 on the Integrated Review and to fulfil all other Royal Navy duties.

Under current planning models, the required workforce numbers for the future capability changes fit within the current limits, therefore no increase in personnel will be required.

Work on the new platforms and programmes are still in the early planning phases and the workforce requirements will become clearer as planning matures.