§ Dr. KumarTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops are serving in(a) Kosovo and (b) Sierra Leone; how many of these are from the Teesside region; and if he will make a statement. [130497]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 17 July 2000]: We currently have some 3,300 troops committed to operations in Kosovo and around 500 committed to operations in Sierra Leone. Information on the geographical origin of individual troops involved in these operations is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.