Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the armed forces have been deployed in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency part of the Government's covid-19 response.
The information is not held in the format requested. As of 15 June, our Armed Forces are deployed to support the work of 10 Joint Military Commands (JMCs) and three other teams across the UK, broken down as follows:
Region | Total |
JMC East | 447 |
JMC London | 500 |
JMC North East | 414 |
JMC North West | 145 |
JMC Northern Ireland | 98 |
JMC Scotland | 361 |
JMC South East | 437 |
JMC South West | 323 |
JMC Wales | 467 |
JMC West Midlands | 274 |
Logistics Support Team | 42 |
Standing Joint Command Reserve | 20 |
Works Group (Engineers) | 10 |
Total | 3,538 |