Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department has taken to improve the UK's military partnership with Finland in the period since Finland joined NATO.

Finland formally joined NATO on 4 April 2023 and the UK welcomes their accession to the Alliance. Since Finland has joined NATO, the UK has continued to enjoy a close defence relationship with Finland, bilaterally and through the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), and our Armed Forces have a long history of training and exercising together which will remain the case as they continue their integration into NATO. The UK has supported Finland’s NATO application since its inception and the UK-Finland statement on enhanced defence and security co-operation, signed by the Prime Minister and Finnish President on 11 May 2022, demonstrates our steadfast and unequivocal commitment to the security of Finland during this process and beyond.