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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 March 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 9 March 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Tuesday, 18 April 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Tours of Duty

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many tours each regiment of the Royal Armoured Corps has undertaken in the last five years; what the (a) location and (b) length was of each; and what the length of time was between each deployment.
Answer

The following table contains information on the tour intervals between unaccompanied regimental or formed sub-unit level operational deployments by the Royal Armoured Corps (including the Household Cavalry Regiment) in the past five years.

The deployments and the length of time (intervals between each deployment for each royal armoured corps regiment in the past five years—1 March to 28 February 20 06
Regiment Deployment Interval Deployment Interval Deployment Interval Deployment Interval
The Household Cavalry Regiment Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2001 to September 2002 3 months Iraq (sub-unit) February to July 2003 2.5 months Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2003 to March 2004 0.5 month Iraq (Regt minus) April to October 2004 —
1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2000 to September 2001 16 months Iraq February to June 2003 1 6 months Iraq November 2004 to April 2005 — — —
The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys) Iraq February to June 2003 26 months Iraq November 2005 to date — — — — —
The Royal Dragoon Guards Iraq November 2004 to April 2005 — — — — — — —
The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) Kosovo (Regiment minus) November 2001 to April 2002 n/a Kosovo (sub-unit) May to October 2002 12 months Iraq November 2003—April 2004 — — —
9th/12th Royal Lancers (The Prince of Wales' s) Kosovo (sub-unit) March to June 2001 21 months Bosnia (sub-unit) April to October 2003 1 months Iraq (Regt minus) November 2003 to April 2004 1 8 months Iraq November 2005 to date
The King's Royal Hussars Northern Ireland December 2002 to July 2003 21 months Iraq May to October 2005 — — — — —
The Light Dragoons Bosnia (sub-unit) October 2002 to March 2003 4 months Iraq August to October 2003 1 8 months Iraq May to October 2005 — — —
The Queen's Royal Lancers Bosnia (sub-unit) May to October 2001 15 months Kosovo May to October 2002 1.2 months Iraq May -October 2004 — — —
2nd Royal Tank Regiment Kosovo March to June 2001 19 months Iraq (sub unit only from June to November)February to November 2003 1 3 months Kosovo (sub-unit) May to November 2005 — — —

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
57476; 445 c12-4W;445 c12-4W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Deployment Royal Armoured Corps
Link
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