HC Deb 01 February 1996 vol 270 c848W
Dr. David Clark

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed services personnel were awarded the Gulf war medal with bar. [13014]

Mr. Soames

Based on the latest figures available at 31 December 1995, 58,546 Gulf war medals have been issued to armed forces personnel. Of these, 66 service personnel were awarded the medal with clasp "2 Aug 1990" for their service with the Kuwait liaison team in Kuwait on 2 August 1990. A further 46,120 service personnel were awarded the medal with clasp "16 Jan–28 Feb 1991" for service in the Kuwait theatre of operations.