Written question asked by Mike Hancock (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 24 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 31 October 2002. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Thursday, 31 October 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel are not serving because of illnesses acquired on deployments in (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Saif Sareea, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Kosovo and (e) Macedonia; and if he will make a statement. - Includes figures.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are not serving because of illnesses acquired on deployments in (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Saif Sareea, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Kosovo and (e) Macedonia; and if he will make a statement. [78284] Dr. Moonie: The number of Army personnel discharged as a result of illness following deployment to Sierra Leone and Kosovo, is one and seven respectively. No Army personnel were discharged as a result of illness to the other deployments listed. No personnel were recorded as having been discharged as a result of these deployments from the Royal Navy or the Royal Air Force.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 78284; 391 c886W;391 c896W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Armed forces Army Deployment Sick leave Sierra Leone Afghanistan Kosovo North Macedonia Oman Joint exercises
Contains statistics: Yes
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