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Written question asked by Damian Green (Conservative) on Monday, 30 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 December 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Thursday, 3 December 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Armed Forces: Casualties

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel (a) received serious injuries and (b) had limbs amputated in each of the last five years.
Answer

The MOD is committed to publishing casualty statistics on the number of service personnel wounded on operations. Information on serious casualties sustained since January 2003 (Iraq) and January 2001 (Afghanistan) is available on the MOD website via the following link:"http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/FactSheets/OperationsFactsheets"These statistics are updated fortnightly online.For amputee numbers, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 7MC, to the hon. Member for Castle Point (Bob Spink).


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
501 c901W; 303815
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Armed forces Injuries
Link
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