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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Sir Donald Thompson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to call out further Army Reserve and Territorial Army personnel in support of the operations in the former Yugoslavia.[33142] Mr. Soames: Approval has been given to call out up to 251 members of the Army Reserve and Territorial Army to provide support to operations in the former Yugoslavia, and volunteers are being sought. The majority will replace with those called-out last February, but there is also an additional need to fill 55 posts to re-enforce regular units. This arises from some units having dual commitments. Those called out will report to a mobilisation centre between the 8 and 12 July, and those who are selected for service will under go training before deployment. Those administratively discharged for alcohol dependency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RN/RM Army RAF Total 1990 10 7 -- 17 1991 7 3 -- 10 1992 6 4 3 13 1993 6 0 2 8 1994 6 7 3 16 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1. No records are held for Army officers. 2. No figures prior to July 1992 are held by RAF. 3. RN/RM and RAF figures include officers. (b) Those dismissed for drug abuse following a sentence of dismissal from service at court martial, summary trial or summary proceedings, or a sentence of imprisonment from a service or civilian court in each of the past five years: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RN/RM Army RAF Total 1990 23 87 8 118 1991 65 87 13 165 1992 94 116 15 225 1993 51 81 20 152 1994 45 59 8 112 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Those administratively discharged for drugs offences _________________________________________________________________________________________________. RN/RM Army RAF Total 1990 0 35 -- 35 1991 1 50 11 62 1992 1 208 24 233 1993 2 204 10 216 1994 0 136 22 158 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The RAF holds no records prior to 1991. {2} No records are held for Army officers. {3} RN/RM and RAF figures include officers.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33142; 279 c252-3W;279 c246-7W

Session

1995-96

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Yugoslavia

Contains statistics

Yes