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Written question asked by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 November 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 1 December 2017. It was answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 December 2017 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Air Force: Deployment

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF personnel were deployed overseas in the (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14, (c) 2014-15, (d) 2015-16 and (e) 2016-17 financial years.

Answer

The number of RAF personnel deployed overseas in each financial year (FY) since 2012-13 is:

Financial Year

2012-13

2013-14

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

12,349

12,481

10,651

8,205

8,832

Deployment refers to Military personnel who are deployed on operations for a period of 24 hours or more, excluding all personnel on overseas training exercises and those whose permanent stationed location is outside the UK.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
116435
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Deployment Air force
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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