Written question asked by Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 26 March 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 March 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Thursday, 3 April 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Diego Garcia: Deployment

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by rank those members of the armed forces serving in Diego Garcia.

Answer

There are 42 UK military personnel based on Diego Garcia, broken down by rank as follows:

Rank	Number of personnel
Commander Royal Navy	1
Major Royal Marines	1
Lieutenant Royal Navy	1
Warrant Officer (2) Royal Marines	1
Master at Arms	1
Chief Marine Engineering Mechanic	1
Regulating Petty Officers	3
Sergeant Royal Marines	1
Sergeants (Army)	2
Leading Regulators	2
Leading Seaman	1
Leading Logistician	1
Leading Marine Engineering Mechanic	1
Leading Engineering Technician (Mechanical)	1
Leading Medical Assistants	2
Leading Logistician Catering Services	2
Corporal Royal Marines	5
Corporal Royal Military Police	1
Corporal Royal Air Force Police	1
Lance Corporal Royal Marines	4
Marines	9

Secondary information