{"value":{"id":1602002,"askingMemberId":400,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2023-03-07T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2023-03-13T00:00:00","uin":"160185","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK-French training exercises have taken place through the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force in each year since its inception.","answeringBodyId":11,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Defence","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4528,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2023-03-13T00:00:00","answerText":"

The information requested on the Combined Joint Expeditionary Force (CJEF) can be found in the table below:

Year

Number of CJEF exercises

Estimated number of UK personnel taking part in exercise activity with the French

Estimated number of French personnel taking part in exercise activity with the UK

2015

2

c.115

c.115

2016

1

c.3,500

c. 1,700

2017

1

c.15

c.15

2018

1

c.20

c.20

2019

5

c.230

c.230

2020/21

All planned CJEF exercises were cancelled due to COVID

2022

1

c.25

c.25

Notes to table:

  1. Numbers of deployed Service personnel for both nations are approximations.
  2. The numbers reflect CJEF exercises only; there will have been additional France-UK bilateral activity that is not accounted for in these numbers.
  3. Information on CJEF exercises prior to the achievement of Full Operating Capability in 2019-20 is limited.

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