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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Keith Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list UK military engagements overseas, in addition to Iraq; and how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) RAF personnel are involved in each. [196583] Mr. Ingram: The list of UK military personnel deployed on operations overseas and the numbers of (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) RAF personnel who are involved in each, is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Operations Army Royal Navy RAF Total Balkans (Op Oculus) 1,035 75 90 1,200 Afghanistan (Op Herrick) 585 20 255 880 Gulf Region (Op Telic) 6,855 1,265 1,365 9,485 UN Operations Cyprus (Op Tosca) 415 0 0 415 Georgia (Op Baronet) 5 5 5 10 Sierra Leone (Op Turner) 15 5 5 20 Sudan (Op Dalmin) 0 0 5 5 Dem Rep of Congo (Op 5 5 0 5 Percival) Liberia (Op Sequesta) 5 5 5 5 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The table does not include personnel serving in loan/diplomatic posts, in permanent garrisons, personnel stationed on British overseas territories or on training detachments. 2. The figures are as reported in early November 2004 and are rounded up to the nearest 5. 3. Totals may not therefore match the sum of the three individual parts.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

196583; 426 c1846W;426 c1850W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed forces Army Deployment Air force Peacekeeping operations Staff Navy

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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