§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in the Official Report the number of active service deaths which occurred in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force in each of the years 1980 to 1986, and the latest available figures for 1987, showing each arm of the services separately.
§ Mr. FreemanThere have been the following numbers of active service deaths of United Kingdom regular service personnel since 1980:
Year Army Royal Navy and Royal Marines Royal AirForce 1980 7 — — 1981 10 — — 1982 142 113 1 1983 5 — — 1984 9 — — 1985 2 — — 1986 4 — — 19871 — — — 1 To end of February