Written question asked by Lord Morris of Manchester (Labour), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Monday, 26 June 2006.

Iraq: Military Casualties

Question: Whether the figures given to Parliament of the number of British military casualties in the Iraq deployment are accurate.

Answer: All figures given to Parliament are accurate, based on the best information available at the time. In this instance, we know that, during the early phases of military operations in Iraq, the tempo of operations was such that some of the paperwork associated with casualty reporting was not always completed. We cannot therefore be certain that our records are complete and we are currently verifying figures for British military casualties on Operation TELIC. I refer the noble Lord to the Answer given by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence in another place on 16 June 2006 (Official Report, col. 1525-6W) for the best figures currently centrally available.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 5943; 683 c127WA
Session: 2005-06
Related items: Iraq: Military Casualties
Friday, 14 July 2006
Written questions
House of Lords; Iraq
Friday, 16 June 2006
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House of Commons
Subjects: Armed forces Armed conflict Casualties Iraq Peacekeeping operations Iraq conflict
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