Written question asked by Andrew Turner (Conservative) on Monday, 4 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 7 February 2002. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Thursday, 7 February 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many military personnel, and of what nationalities, were (a) directly and (b) indirectly under British command in K-FOR on 1st January each year since June 1999. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel, and of what nationalities, were (a) directly and (b) indirectly under British command in KFOR on 1 January each year since June 1999. [34110] Mr. Ingram: The Commander of the Multi-National Brigade (Centre) is the senior British officer in KFOR. He had the following personnel under his operational control during the subject periods. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Countries 1 January 2000 1 January 2001 1 January 2002 United Kingdom 2,112 3,353 2,889 Canada 914 -- -- Czech Republic 162 170 168 Finland 680 816 957 Sweden 709 768 767 Norway 961 1,010 999 Latvia -- 5 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 34110; 379 c1089-90W;379 c1083-4W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Armed forces Armed conflict Peacekeeping operations Staff Kosovo KFOR Multinational forces
Contains statistics: Yes
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