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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

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.

It has since been corrected.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c2333W; 30407
Session
2005-06
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP 06/810
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Armed Forces: Personnel Deployed Overseas
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Written statements
House of Lords
Personnel Deployment (Overseas)
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Written statements
House of Commons
Notes
Figures corrected on 25 April 2006 at 445 c35WS
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Location Countries
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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