Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK armed forces are undertaking urban training exercises in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
Defence has developed a prudent standby package of Defence personnel to support the civil authorities on a range of tasks if required. There are no plans to utilise military personnel for public order following Brexit and the Armed Forces have not undertaken urban training exercises in preparation for the UK leaving the EU without a deal. Defence routinely conducts training and exercising in a range of environments, including urban environments as part of its preparedness for overseas operations.
A list of the sites routinely used by the Armed Forces for training in urban environments is provided in the table below:
SITE |
Salisbury Plain Training Area |
Dartmoor Training Area |
Lulworth Range Complex |
Tregantle Training Area |
East Kent Training Area |
Hythe Ranges |
Lydd Ranges |
Longmoor |
Bramley Training Area |
Pirbright Ranges |
Stanford Army Field Training Centre |
Fingerinhoe |
Sennybridge Training Area |
Swynnerton Training Area |
Caerwent Training Area |
Castlemartin Ranges |
Leek Training Area |
Nescliff Training Camp |
Magilligan Training Centre & Ranges |
Ballykinler Tranining Centre & Ranges |
Garelochhead Training Centre |
Catterick Training Area |
Warcop |
British Army Training Unit Suffield – Canada |
British Army Training Unit Kenya |
Sennylager Training Centre – Germany |