NATO: Staff

(asked on 5th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2023 to Question 191021 on NATO: Staff, what these figures were in each year since 2010.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 12th July 2023

The UK is one of the largest contributors of personnel to NATO, underlining our commitment to deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area, with personnel deployed over twenty-one countries.

The number of UK personnel posted to NATO Headquarters, SHAPE and MARCOM each year since 2010 can be found below.

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

NATO HQ Brussels

44

36

36

47

45

43

46

45

43

41

45

Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers (SHAPE)

N/A*

135

166

169

159

165

163

157

154

159

167

MARCOM, Northwood

39

39

38

41

37

40

36

38

38

42

41

* Accurate figures for Shape in 2010 are not available on the military system.

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