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Written question asked by Lord Wallace of Saltaire (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 1 November 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 November 2021. It was answered by Baroness Goldie (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 November 2021 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Territorial Army: Jersey

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times (1) personnel, and (2) equipment, of the Jersey Territorial Army have been mobilised in support of UK military operations since 1991.

Answer

Since 1991 Jersey Field Squadron RE (M) have been mobilised eleven* times in support of UK military operations. All these mobilisations involved both personnel and equipment.

As Jersey's contribution to the UK Defence, the Field Squadron deploys trained reservists to support the Regular Army both on exercises and operations in UK and overseas and have served in both Iraq and Afghanistan as well as supporting Defence’s contribution to the cross Government operations during the COVID 19 pandemic.

*This figure has been drawn from records held on computer systems that have been migrated over the time period, and therefore reflects the current data available.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL3601
Session
2021-22
Subjects
Deployment Territorial Army Jersey
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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