Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Defence of 25 November 2021, Official Report, column 487, what assessment he has made of what those capability gaps will be.
The Integrated Review has set the Armed Forces on a course of transformation to meet the threats of the future. As part of this process equipment will be retired and, as appropriate, replaced. There is also the constant process of monitoring and development of technology to ensure that our threat assessment remains appropriate. Defence conducts environmental Capability Audits annually with the force being tested against a range of scenarios.