Force Readiness

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: ---
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