Written question asked by Adam Holloway (Conservative) on Friday, 5 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 October 2007. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps have been taken by his Department to obtain a full record of the number of aeromedical evacuations and field hospital admissions in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan before 1 January 2006.

Answer: The Ministry of Defence is analysing records of aeromedical evacuations prior to January 2006 for both Afghanistan and Iraq, with a view to releasing validated data onto the Ministry of Defence website.Data for field hospital admissions in Iraq prior to January 2006 is being assessed for validation and release.We do not hold records centrally for all field hospital admissions prior to January 2006 for Afghanistan and gathering the data could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

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