Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to paragraph 7.34 of the Defence in a competitive age Command Paper, CP411, how many personnel will be allocated to the new experimentation battalion.

The Ministry of Defence will prioritise more than £6.6 billion of research, development, and experimentation over the next four years so the Armed Forces can adapt to the threat with advanced technologies. As part of this, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment will rerole to become a new prototype warfighting and experimentation battalion. The Army will use spring and early summer 2021 to refine and test the designs, capabilities and structure of its units before making more detailed announcements later this year.