Written question asked by Lady Hermon (Ulster Unionist Party) on Wednesday, 22 October 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal attacks there have been on UK army personnel serving in Iraq since the conclusion of military conflict; and if he will make a statement. - Including figures.

Answer: Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal attacks there have been on UK army personnel serving in Iraq since the conclusion of military conflict; and if he will make a statement. [134826] Mr. Ingram: Many of the following figures have been compiled under operational conditions and may therefore be subject to future refinement and revision. Decisive combat operations in Iraq ceased on 1 May 2003. Figures for the number of attacks on United Kingdom forces were not collected before 1 June 2003. Between 1 June and 17 October 2003, we assess that there were 101 deliberate attacks on coalition forces in the UK-led area of operations. Five resulted in the deaths of British personnel.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 134826; 413 c1251W;413 c1247W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Armed forces Death Casualties Iraq Peacekeeping operations Violence
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk