The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that no in-year savings measures or stockpile issues will affect the Army’s ability to conduct live fire training, according to a written question and answer.
The statement came in response to an inquiry from James Cartlidge (Conservative – South Suffolk), who asked the Secretary of State for Defence on 27 January 2025 about the potential impact of budget constraints and stockpile depletion on Army training.
In a reply dated 4 February, Luke Pollard, Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Ministry of Defence, stated:
“There have been no specific in-year financial constraints imposed on the consumption of ammunition and therefore no impact on the delivery of live fire training.”
Pollard also noted that “for reasons of operational security, details of replenishment and stockpiles are highly classified, and I am withholding this information.”
The response offers no further data on the state of ammunition or other resources, but indicates that the Army’s training regimen remains intact in spite of any budgetary or logistical considerations.
No substitute for lead down the range.
O/T mate but have your ‘insiders’ given you any whispers how the Ajax being issued is getting on?
What about Tungsten down range? 🙂
“The Ministry of Defence has confirmed that no in-year savings measures or stockpile issues will affect the Army’s ability to conduct live fire training, according to a written question and answer.”
The cynic in me suspects that this statement is only true because so little was planned prior.
I hope I am wrong as going down the range is what a lot of boys’n’girls like and proper exercises and deployments aid retention.