The Ministry of Defence launched the Modernising Defence Programme in January last year which looked across the spectrum at our current and planned capabilities, right through to our business practices.<\/p>
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It is an ambitious programme, but we are confident that Defence is making the right capability investments and policy approaches to ensure we remain one of the strongest Defence players in Europe.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4017", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Penny Mordaunt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Penny Mordaunt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-05-20T16:40:23.527Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "11"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Defence"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-05-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Armed Forces"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) capabilities and (b) strength of the armed forces.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4589", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Courts"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Witney"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Robert Courts"} ], "uin" : "910984"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051302", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Exiting the European Union "} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1051302/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union engages regularly with Ministers from other Government departments and external stakeholders to ensure that businesses and citizens are sufficiently prepared for all eventualities. As part of cross-Whitehall preparations for a \u2018no deal\u2019 scenario, all Government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, are considering what resources are required to mitigate any potential impacts.<\/p>
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The requested information is provided below:<\/p>
<\/p>
Trained and untrained Regular personnel reporting a non-UK country of birth, as at 1 April 2018<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Army<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Royal Navy/Royal Marines<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Royal Air Force<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 12,250<\/p><\/td> 1,400<\/p><\/td> 1,880<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Notes: requirements for entry to the UK Armed Forces are based on nationality, not country of birth.<\/p> <\/p> Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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