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Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what deployment times are denoted by his Department's scaling of (i) very high, (ii) high and (iii) medium states of readiness. [125606]
Mr. Caplin
The following table shows the deployment times for very high, high and medium states of readiness for United Kingdom forces:
| Readiness state | ||
| 1 | 24-48 hrs | Very high |
| 2 | 3-5 days | Very high |
| 3 | 6-10 days | Very high |
| 4 | 11-20 days | High |
| 5 | 21-30 days | High |
| 6 | 31-60 days | Medium |
| 7 | 61-90 days | Medium |