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Written question asked by Lord Campbell of Pittenweem (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 4 December 2014, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2014. It was answered by Anna Soubry (Conservative) on Thursday, 11 December 2014 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Afghanistan

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian medical staff in each specialty have been deployed by Defence Medical Services to provide support to Operation Herrick in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost to the public purse was of each type of support in each such year.

Answer

The Ministry Of Defence has enabling contracts in place for contracted civilian medical support (nursing, medical support services and doctors). The total number of civilian medical personnel provided under such contracts in each of the last 10 years for Operation Herrick, broken down by their speciality and cost of each type of support, could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The following sums were spent under civilian medical support contracts since Financial Year 2009-2010.

Financial Year Cost
2009-2010 £595,782
2010-2011 £941,890
2011-2012 £759,300
2012-2013 £609,418
2013-2014 £551,601
2014-2015 (to date) £212,976
TOTAL £3,670,767

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
217206
Session
2014-15
Subjects
Civilians Peacekeeping operations Afghanistan Defence Medical Services
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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