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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Swayne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reservists from volunteer reserve units in (a) each of the three armed Services and (b) each of the 11 areas of the country tasked with aiding the civil authorities in handling major incidents have been mobilised for Operation Telic. [R] [149425] Mr. Caplin: The number of Civil Contingencies Reaction Force (CCRF) members who are serving on Operation Telic by CCRF region is detailed in the table. In the time available, we have only been able to identify those individuals currently mobilised to support Operation Telic. All are members of the Territorial Army. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number 2 South East Brigade (Bde) 26 49 East of England Bde 126 145 Home Counties Bde 39 43 Wessex Bde 2 143 West Midlands Bde 33 160 Wales Bde 25 15 North East Bde (N) 99 15 North East Bde (S) 147 42 North West Bde (N) 21 42 North West Bde (S) 18 51 Scottish Bde (Highland) 45 51 Scottish Bde (Lowland) 34 London Regiment 150 Northern Ireland 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Only to the extent that once a member is deployed, he is replaced.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

417 c70-1W; 149425

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed conflict Deployment Iraq Peacekeeping operations Reserve forces Iraq conflict Civil contingency reaction forces

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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