§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are assigned to(a) theatres of conflict and (b) peacekeeping duties, broken down by country or region involved. [150024]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 22 January 2004]There are approximately 12,000 British Service personnel deployed outside the United Kingdom to theatres of conflict and peace-keeping duties:
Number Iraq/The Gulf 9,800 The Balkans (Kosovo and Bosnia) 1,400 UN Peace-keeping operations: Cyprus 400 Afghanistan 340 Africa 40 Georgia 10 The figures exclude Service personnel onboard ships and MOD civilian personnel deployed to these locations in support of these operations.