HC Deb 29 November 1988 vol 142 cc213-4W
18. Mr. Livingstone

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the number of troops deployed in Northern Ireland from 1979 to the present time.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my hon. Friend the Member for Hertfordshire, North (Mr. Stewart) on 16 June at columns227–28. In addition, the figures for the number of troops deployed in Northern Ireland as at 30 June 1988 are as follows:

Number
Regular forces 11,164
UDR 6,310