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Written question asked by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Monday, 16 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 18 January 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-infantry personnel have served in an infantry role in Iraq.
Answer

Since July 2003 , approximately 5,280 non-infantry personnel have served in Iraq in an infantry role. It is not unusual for non-infantry personnel to deploy in an infantry role; every soldier in the British Army is trained as infanteer first, and as a specialist second.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
43420; 442 c1084W;442 c1084W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations
Thursday, 13 March 2008
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Armed forces Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk