Written question asked by Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 February 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 February 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 28 February 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make a statement on troop deployments in Iraq. - Inc figures.

Answer: Miss McIntosh: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on troop deployments in Iraq. [214110] Mr. Ingram: There are currently approximately 9,200 UK service personnel deployed on Operation TELIC, of which 7,900 are currently serving in Iraq. The figure includes 220 additional personnel deployed from 1 February 2005 in order to provide logistics and other essential support following the expected Dutch withdrawal from Al Muthanna province in March 2005. Approximately 70 of these personnel will return to the UK in March.

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