Question follow-through · 9408
Germany: Armed Forces
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the withdrawal of UK military presence in Germany cost which was completed in 2019.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 16 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 21 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 24 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much the withdrawal of UK military presence in Germany cost which was completed in 2019.
21 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Oct 2024
Answer published
From the start of withdrawal in 2010 to date, it has cost approximately £2.15 billion to remove the British Army footprint from Germany.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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