Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 28 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 July 2007. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Monday, 16 July 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Armed Forces: Deployment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops are stationed in (a) Europe, (b) Africa, (c) the Middle East and (d) Asia.

Answer: [holding answer 5 July 2007]: The strength of UK regular forces posted outside the UK is available in Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 6—Global Location of UK regular forces. However, due to the introduction of a new Joint Personnel Administration System (JPA) the latest publication for the numbers of Naval Service and Army personnel was on 1 October 2006 and is available at:"www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/tsp6/tsp6_oct06.pdf"The most recent data for the Royal Air Force (RAF) (which is provisional also because of JPA) was published on l April 2006 and is available at:"www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/tsp6/tsp6_apr06.pdf"Defence Analytical Services Agency (DASA) are currently validating JPA RAF location data and expect to publish provisional RAF figures for 1 July 2006 and 1 October 2006 by the end of July 2007.Copies of TSP 6 are available in the Library of the House of Commons.

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