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Written question asked by James Gray (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 March 2010. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Wednesday, 17 March 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel who were repatriated from Afghanistan and Iraq were seriously wounded and subsequently died in each year since the start of each conflict started in each of those countries.
Answer

Since operations began in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003) up to 10 March 2010 (latest date for which data is available), a total of 17 UK armed forces personnel who were categorised as very seriously or seriously injured on operations have subsequently died following repatriation as a result of the injury sustained, as shown in the following table:

Operation
Iraq Afghanistan Total
All 8 9 17
2001 0 0 0
2002 0 0 0
2003 2 0 2
2004 0 0 0
2005 0 0 0
2006 1 1 2
2007 5 1 6
2008 0 0 0
2009 0 7 7
2010 0 0 0

These figures include all regular and reservist personnel, and include personnel repatriated to countries outside of the UK.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
507 c853W; 322184
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Iraq Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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