Information relating to the total number of infantry soldiers deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001 and 2003 respectively, and the number of infantry soldiers treated during their deployment, is not available centrally in the format requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However, between 1 April 2007 and 31 May 2012, the number of Army infantry officers and soldiers, excluding infantry personnel in the Brigade of Gurkhas, who had deployed to Afghanistan was 25,300 and Iraq was 7,910.

Details of infantry personnel who had an episode of care at a Ministry of Defence Department of Community Mental Health or in-patient admission between April 2007 and March 2012, and who have been identified as previously deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, is provided in the following table. An episode of care may be limited to an initial assessment, which may not subsequently require the individual receiving treatment.