Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2021 to Question 134251 on Military Aid: Coronavirus, what tasks members of the armed forces deployed to the NHS headquarters in Skipton House that are not involved in the vaccine rollout effort are conducting.
There are now five Armed Forces personnel deployed to Skipton House not involved in vaccine rollout tasks. Four of these are working as MOD Liaison Officers to NHS England, primarily assisting NHS National Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) with Military Assistance to Civil Authority (MACA) requests. There is also one officer on a 12-month placement to NHS England, working alongside NHS England Strategic Leadership.