Defence written question – answered at on 17 July 2013.
Angus Robertson
Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Defence), Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Foreign and Commonwealth Office), Shadow SNP Westminster Group Leader
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
(1) what training will take place as part of re-establishing the Lead Armour Battlegroup; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of that training;
(2) when the Lead Armour Battlegroup will be certified for deployment.
Andrew Robathan
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
On current plans it is envisaged that the Army will be ready to deploy the Lead Armoured Battlegroup from 2018.
Training for the Lead Armoured Battlegroup will be developed incrementally in order to deliver the full capability from 2018. At present we envisage Lead Armoured Battlegroup training progressing from individual and team level through troop level to squadron level culminating in an overseas exercise in due course. It is too soon to assess the full cost of the training involved with the Lead Armoured Battlegroup.
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