HC Deb 22 January 1991 vol 184 c175W
16. Mr. Strang

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many services personnel, excluding MOD civilians, are currently deployed in the Mediterranean, near east and Gulf areas.

Mr. Tom King

At the outbreak of hostilities the United Kingdom had some 35,000 service personnel in the Gulf area. Approximately a further 7,500 are deployed in the Mediterranean and near east.