Armed Forces: Personnel Levels

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Defence – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 11 June 2018.

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Photo of Martyn Day Martyn Day Scottish National Party, Linlithgow and East Falkirk 12:00, 11 June 2018

Before the Scottish independence referendum, the UK Government promised to increase armed forces personnel from 11,000 to 12,500. As of October last year, there were fewer than 10,000 regular forces personnel stationed in Scotland. When will the UK Government keep their promise, or is this just another broken one?