To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what NATO operations UK armed forces are participating in.
Answered on
9 June 2025
In line with the government’s NATO First policy, UK armed forces are deployed in support of a wide range of NATO operations, including:
- NATO’s enhanced air policing mission;
- Baltic Sentry, NATO’s vigilance activity to detect and understand surface and sub-surface threats to critical undersea infrastructure;
- NATO Mission Iraq, and;
- NATO’s Kosovo Force, where the UK also provides the high-readiness Strategic Reserve Force.
Around 1,000 personnel are provided into NATO’s Command Structure, including the post of the Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR) and the Maritime Component Commander in Northwood.
The UK is also the framework nation for NATO’s Forward Land Force in Estonia under Operation CABRIT and is a major workforce contributor to NATO’s Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine (NSATU) initiative.
The UK supports a wide range of activities which help maintain NATO’s technological edge, including hosting the European headquarters of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) programme.