Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2023 to Question 117507 on EU Defence Policy, what estimate he has made of when (a) negotiations with participating states in the EU Permanent Structured Cooperation Military Mobility project will be completed and (b) the UK will formally join the project.

We estimate that negotiations with participating states will be completed and the UK will formally join the project by the date of the next project meeting, 16 March 2023.