Written question asked by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 7 September 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 4 October 2004. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Monday, 4 October 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of HM Forces were injured in Iraq (a) during the war and (b) subsequently; and in each case how many were returned to the UK for medical treatment. - Inc figures.

Answer: Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of HM Forces were injured in Iraq (a) during the war and (b) subsequently; and in each case how many were returned to the UK for medical treatment. [188136] Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many British troops have been repatriated from Iraq to the UK because of physical or mental illness; [188779] (2) how many British troops have been injured in (a) combat and (b) non-combat duties in Iraq. [188718] Mr. Ingram: 155 UK military personnel were injured in combat during decisive combat operations but we do not hold centrally the number medically evacuated in the period. To date 2,703 UK military personnel have been medically evacuated from Iraq. We do not hold centrally records of the number of injured personnel who were treated locally and then returned to duty without being medically evacuated.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 424 c1879-80W;424 c1877-8W; 188136
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Armed forces Injuries Iraq Medical treatments Peacekeeping operations
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk