Written question asked by Paul Flynn (Labour) on Tuesday, 19 October 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 October 2004. It was answered by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) on Monday, 25 October 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries have been suffered by service personnel in Iraq since the start of hostilities. (Failed OPQ). - Inc figures.

Answer: Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries have been suffered by service personnel in Iraq since the start of hostilities. [193225] Mr. Hoon: To date, since the start of decisive combat operations against the former regime on 19 March 2003, 68 members of the United Kingdom Armed Forces have lost their lives whilst on operations in Iraq. 45 fatalities were the result of combat with anti-Iraqi forces and 23 were accidental or from natural causes. In the same period about 2,750 UK military personnel have been medically evacuated from Iraq. We do not hold centrally details of the causes of medical evacuations so I am unable to say how many had injuries, and how many were ill.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 425 c945-6W; 193225
Session: 2003-04
Question not reached: Yes
Subjects: Armed forces Death Casualties Injuries Iraq Peacekeeping operations Iraq conflict
Contains statistics: Yes
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