Written question asked by Tobias Ellwood (Conservative) on Tuesday, 15 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 17 November 2005. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Armed Forces
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces are serving abroad, broken down by location.
- Original answer
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Data collected manually from operational records show that as at 7 December 2005 the number of armed forces personnel deployed and in country on that day were:
Country Service personnel Iraq 7,930 Bosnia 770 Kosovo 190 Afghanistan 950 Qatar 460 USA 30 Bahrain 410 South Atlantic 1,200 Diego Garcia 40 Cyprus 3,350 Gibraltar 550 Congo 10 Georgia 10 Liberia — Sierra Leone 10 Sudan — (7) Due to the rounding method used, figures may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five are rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias. (8) Denotes less than 10.
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It has since been corrected.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 440 c2333W; 30407
- Session
- 2005-06
- Related items
- Notes
- Figures corrected on 25 April 2006 at 445 c35WS
- Subjects
- Armed forces Deployment Location Countries
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
- View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk
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