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 Wednesday, 30 October 2002. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Wednesday, 30 October 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army personnel have been invalided out of the Army when deployed in (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Saif Sareea, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Kosovo and (e) Macedonia as a direct result of their involvement in the deployments; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many army personnel have been invalided out of the Army when deployed in (a) Sierra Leone, (b) Saif Sareea, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Kosovo and (e) Macedonia as a direct result of their involvement in the deployments; and if he will make a statement. [78286] Dr. Moonie: The number of regular Army personnel medically discharged due to disabilities sustained directly from having served in these theatres of operations, as at 28 October 2002, is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Theatre of operations Number discharged Sierra Leone 3 Saif Sareea 0 Afghanistan 0 Kosovo 9 Macedonia 0 Total 12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 78286; 391 c798-9W;391 c794-5W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Army Deployment Casualties Discharges Sierra Leone Afghanistan Kosovo North Macedonia Oman Joint exercises
Contains statistics: Yes
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