Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which sites UK armed forces have used for urban training exercises in the last 12 months.

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: