Written question asked by Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru) on Wednesday, 11 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 October 2006. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 November 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Military Personnel (Injuries)
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel are in hospital following injuries sustained while serving in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and how many in each category were in hospital in April.
- Answer
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On 20 October 2006, 10 military personnel were being treated in UK hospitals, having been admitted from the operational area, for physical injuries sustained in Iraq and Afghanistan. Historical records for this type of information were not collated and so the number of military personnel in hospital in April 2006 could be provided by looking through individual patient medical records only at disproportionate cost.The MOD website publishes figures for the total number of UK military and civilian personnel admitted for injuries to UK or coalition medical facilities in Afghanistan and the Shaibah Role 3 UK medical facility in Iraq (http://www.mod.uk/Defence Internet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets). The total figures for April and September, the last full month for which figures are available, are as follows. Figures in brackets show the combined total of seriously and very seriously injured personnel contained within the overall total injured:
Personnel injured in theatre Number April 2006 September 2006 Iraq 161 (1) 91 (1) Afghanistan 18 (3) 37 (10) In addition to this, the total number of service personnel who were aeromedically evacuated from Iraq and Afghanistan to a UK hospital in April and September 2006, were as follows:
Personnel evacuated to UK hospitals Number April 2006 September 2006 Iraq 35 31 Afghanistan 6 25
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 451 c1553-4W; 94177
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Armed forces Casualties Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
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