Written question asked by Llew Smith (Labour) on Friday, 18 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 25 February 2005. It was answered by Bill Rammell (Labour) on Friday, 25 February 2005 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he (a) requested and (b) received figures for Iraqi casualties from the Interim Iraqi Government prior to those contained in the statement by the Interim Iraqi Health Minister of 29th October 2004.

Answer: Llew Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he (a) requested and (b) received figures for Iraqi casualties from the Interim Iraqi Government prior to those contained in the statement by the Interim Iraqi Health Minister of 29 October 2004. [217168] Mr. Rammell: We have had regular discussions on this issue with the Iraqi authorities. We have not received figures for periods earlier than that covered in the Iraqi Minister of Health's statement of 29 October 2004. These covered the period 5 April to 5 October 2004. The Iraqi Ministry of Health only began collating statistics for casualties in April 2004.

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