Written question asked by Lord Kilclooney (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour) on Thursday, 12 November 2009.

Armed Forces: Royal Gibraltar Regiment

Question: To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Royal Gibraltar Regiment served in Afghanistan; and whether there is presently any problem in deploying the regiment to Afghanistan.

Answer: The primary role of the Royal Gibraltar Regiment is to support the defence and security of Gibraltar. Deployments in support of other tasks have been undertaken by individual volunteers; 15 personnel from the Royal Gibraltar Regiment have deployed on operations in Afghanistan between August 2004 and February 2009. Since then there has been a temporary suspension in volunteers being deployed while we investigated a potential issue with compensation arrangements covering such deployments. The Royal Gibraltar Regiment is entitled to compensation benefits under its own terms and conditions of service including when deployed to Afghanistan. Work has commenced to bring these compensation arrangements in line with the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme through legislation. The temporary suspension has now been lifted.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 5786; 714 c188-9WA
Session: 2008-09
Subjects: Deployment Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan Royal Gibraltar Regiment
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk