Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 January 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 November 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Service Personnel
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British service personnel are (a) deployed and (b) stationed in (i) Germany, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Bosnia-Herzegovina, (iv) Croatia, (v) Kosovo, (vi) Albania, (vii) the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, (viii) Sierra Leone, (ix) the Gulf Region, (x) Turkey, (xi) Gibraltar, (xii) Belize, (xiii) Kenya, (xiv) Canada, (xv) the Falkland Islands, (xvi) Cyprus, (xvii) Brunei and (xviii) Afghanistan.
- Answer
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Data collected from manual records¹ show that on 3 October 2006 there were the following numbers of service personnel deployed on operations abroad in the named countries:"¹ Data are based on personnel reports manually collated from operational deployments, and may not include all current operations. Figures include UK Regular Forces and Reserve Forces."
Country Service personnel Germany — Northern Ireland¹ 7,040 Bosnia-Herzegovina 630 Croatia — Kosovo 170 Albania — FYR Macedonia — Sierra-Leone — Gulf Region² 8,610 Turkey — Gibraltar 550 Belize — Kenya — Canada — Falkland Islands³ 1,280 Cyprus 2,900 Brunei — Afghanistan 7,000 ¹ This figure has been provided by HQ Northern Ireland and is at 30 September 2006. ² Includes personnel deployed in Bahrain, Iraq, Qatar and Oman, and personnel deployed on ships in the Gulf Region. ³ Includes personnel deployed on Ascension Island. Notes: 1.When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias. 2. Denotes zero or rounded to zero Source: PJHQ The following numbers of service personnel were permanently posted overseas in the named countries at 1 April 2006:
Country Service personnel Germany 22,170 Northern Ireland 6,800 Bosnia-Herzegovina — Croatia — Kosovo — Albania — FYR Macedonia — Sierra-Leone 100 Gulf Region¹ 380 Turkey 30 Gibraltar 360 Belize 70 Kenya 30 Canada 290 Falkland Islands 340 Cyprus 3,170 Brunei 160 Afghanistan — ¹ Includes Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. The numbers of personnel posted to each location abroad are shown in Quarterly Tri-Service Publication 6, Global Location of UK Regular Forces (TSP 6).Copies of TSP 6 are held in the House of Commons Library and are also available at www.dasa.mod.uk.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 45175; 451 c1496-7W
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Armed forces Deployment
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