§ Mr. Kilroy-Silkasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many Argentine soldiers are now known to have died in the Falkland Islands.
§ Mr. BlakerWe have no authoritative figure for the total number of Argentine soldiers who died during fighting in the Falkland Islands. Many of the Argentine dead fell in areas mined by their own forces. Others were buried by their own forces elsewhere in the islands where conditions make it difficult to identify the graves. Others may have been repatriated by Argentine hospital ships. Our own forces on the Falkland Islands have buried 61 Argentine soldiers.
§ Mr. Alan Clarkasked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will enumerate and identify the total of small arms captured in the Falkland Islands; whether they are operable by British Forces; or whether they will be returned to the United Kingdom for issue to territorial units;
(2) if he will enumerate and identify the total of heavy arms equipment, including radar and vehicles captured in working order in the Falkland Islands; and to what use this equipment is to be put.
§ Mr. BlakerI have nothing to add to the replies I gave my hon. Friends the Members for Preston, North (Mr. Atkins) and Havant and Waterloo (Mr. Lloyd) on 21 June and 5 July respectively.—[Vol. 26, c.22; Vol. 27, c. 41.]
§ Sir David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is his latest calculation of the number of casualties sustained by British Service men and British civilians, respectively, in the whole campaign to reoccupy the Falkland Islands to date.
§ Mr. BlakerThe information requested on task force casualties is as follows: 87W
Killed or missing presumed dead Injured Service personnel 237 759 Civilians 18 18 Total 255 777 In addition, three Falkland Islanders lost their lives during the re-possession of the islands.