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Australia: Navy

Question for Ministry of Defence

UIN 197669, tabled on 5 September 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Australian (a) military and (b) civilian Defence personnel are embedded in (i) the Royal Navy and (ii) UK submarine industrial bases as part of the AUKUS agreement.

Answered on

13 September 2023

There are currently three Australian military personnel embedded in the Royal Navy, within the Submarine Officer Nuclear Training pipeline, with an additional two Royal Australian Navy personnel embedded in the Submarine Delivery Agency and Defence Nuclear Organisation.