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Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 May 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 June 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 1 June 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have worked in field hospitals during each roulement of Operation (a) Telic and (b) Herrick; and how many and what proportion of such personnel were reservist medical personnel.
Answer

The following tables summarise data available from centrally held records for service personnel for the period January 2003 to April 2009. They represent instances, at one point in time in each roulement, showing the current and planned manning for that roulement.

Service personnel deployed within field hospitals: Op Telic
Telic Established posts Total personnel Of which reservists As a percentage
1 (January 2003-May 2003) 939 939 167 18
2 (May 2003-November 2003) 173 189 18 10
3 (November 2003-May 2004) 154 192 40 21
4 (May 2004-August 2004) 128 187 168 82
4a (August 2004-November 2004) 127 198 106 49
5 (November 2004-May 2005) 116 213 37 17
6 (May 2005-November 2005) 116 223 93 42
7 (November 2005-May 2006) 116 204 22 11
8 (May 2006-November 2006) 98 192 28 15
9 (November 2006-June 2007) 98 161 9 6
10 (June 2007-December 2007) 105 162 7 4
11 (December 2007-June 2008) 105 174 11 6
12 (June 2008-December 2008) 92 178 16 9
Service personnel deployed within field hospitals: Op Herrick
Herrick Established posts Total personnel Of which reservists As a percentage
4 (April 2006-October 2006) 94 145 3 2
5 (October 2006-April 2007) 98 163 13 8
6 (April 2007-October 2007) 99 203 150 74
7 (October 2007-April 2008) 121 256 132 52
8 (April 2008-October 2008) 121 259 138 53
9 (October 2008-April 2009) 124 228 11 5
Source:
Operational establishment tables, January 2003 to April 2009.

The number of posts can vary during the course of a roulement as a response to operational requirements.It should also be noted that the numbers of personnel deployed will usually exceed the number of established posts due to variations in tour lengths depending on speciality. Some individuals will have deployed on more than one roulement; therefore the total number of individuals who deployed over the whole period 2003-09 is less than the sum of the total personnel per roulement.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
493 c46-7W; 277526
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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