Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) EU agencies and other organisations within his Department's remit the Government plans to withdraw from when the UK leaves the EU, (b) staff time was spent on engagement with those bodies and (c) financial resources were spent on engagement with those bodies in 2015-16.

As set out in the recent White Paper, the United Kingdom's exit from and new partnership with the European Union (Cm9417) dated February 2017, the Government will discuss with the EU and Member States our future status and arrangements with regard to EU agencies. It would not be appropriate to prejudge the outcome of the negotiations.