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Written question asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Friday, 6 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 9 October 2006. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 November 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Reservists

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reservists have been mobilised under the Reserve Forces Act 1994 and served longer than 12 months mobilised service for or in support of (a) Operation Telic and (b) Operation Herrick excluding personnel retained on Y list for medical conditions.
Answer

Under the Reserve Forces Act 1996 some 13,500 reservists have been mobilised to support Op. Telic and some 1,100 to support Op. Herrick. With regard to the number of reservists who may have served in excess of 12 months, the information requested is not centrally held. In order to obtain this information we would have to manually review the records of each serviceman mobilised and this could be done only at disproportionate cost.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91486; 451 c1560W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Deployment Reserve forces
Link
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