Written question asked by Gordon Prentice (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 27 March 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Monday, 31 March 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Army: Deployment
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers were on active operations overseas in each year since 1997; and what percentage of the Army this represented in each year.
- Answer
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The following table shows the number and percentage of UK army personnel deployed on operations at a specific point in time.
Number deployed on operations Percentage of trained strength¹ deployed 4 January 2006 7,900 8.1 1 January 2007 9,200 9.7 3 January 2008 9,400 10.0 ¹ Trained strength as at 1 January in each year. Due to the manual nature of the data collection, comparable reliable figures are not available prior to December 2005 when a review of the data collation process was undertaken.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 197373; 474 c512-3W
- Session
- 2007-08
- Subjects
- Army Deployment
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