Iraq (Hansard, 9 January 2003)

HC Deb 09 January 2003 vol 397 c293W 293W

§ Mr. Gordon Prentice
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much ordnance has been dropped on Iraq by the RAF in each year since 1992. [88961]

§ Mr. Ingram
Between 1992 and the start of Operation Desert Fox at the end of 1998 no ordnance was released. Information on ordnance released during Operation Desert Fox is not held.
Since 1999 the RAF, responding in self-defence against air defence targets, has released the following tonnages of ordnance.

Year Tons

1999 79.1

2000 18.3

2001 22.2

2002 55.8

Note:
The figure for 2002 covers up to 4 December only.