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 Lord Reid of Cardowan (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 February 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Casualties (Iraq/Afghanistan)

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department is considering making available a breakdown of casualty figures for the deployments in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.

Answer: Yes. The MOD intends to publish casualty figures for Iraq on the MOD website in the next few weeks, identifying the number of personnel categorised as ““Seriously Injured”” and ““Very Seriously Injured””. The figures will be updated regularly. I will write to inform the right hon. Member prior to the first publication.The MOD will also release in the same way these categories of information for any UK casualties that occur from 1 January 2006 onwards as a result of operations in Afghanistan. Information for previous years is not held centrally and will take some time to collate. I will write to the right hon. Member when the figures are available and place a copy of my letter in the Library of the House.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 45218; 442 c506W;442 c506W
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Deposited Paper DEP 06/1252
Tuesday, 13 June 2006
Deposited papers
House of Commons; Deposited Paper DEP 07/985
Wednesday, 4 April 2007
Deposited papers
House of Commons
Subjects: Armed forces Deployment Casualties Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
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