§ Mr. Duncan SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number of Army personnel (i) deployed to and (ii) stationed in(a) Kosovo, (b) Bosnia and (c) Northern Ireland in each of the past five years. [114256]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 13 March 2000]: The information requested is given in the table:
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Former Yugoslavia 3,315 10,489 — — — Kosovo — — 0 0 4,235 Bosnia — — 5,468 5,129 4,136 Northern Ireland 15,608 15,308 15,022 14,483 13,517 Notes:
1. The figures given are at or around 1 April.
2. Information held prior to 1997 only records deployments to the Former Yugoslavia.
3. From 1997 onwards the figures for Kosovo and Bosnia are defined as the UK Land contributions to KFOR and SFOR respectively.
4. The figures for Former Yugoslavia and Bosnia include UK personnel serving in multinational units, such as HQ SFOR.
5. In addition to the personnel shown in the final column, there are a number of Territorial Army units based in Northern Ireland.