HC Deb 09 July 1996 vol 281 cc125-6W
24. Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those countries in which British service men are currently deployed on active service. [34922]

Mr. Soames

British service personnel are deployed on peacekeeping operations under United Nations mandate, including the implementation force, and at permanent stations, in the following countries:

  • Angola
  • Ascension Islands
  • Bosnia
  • Brunei
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Diego Garcia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Hong Kong
  • Iraq
  • Italy
  • Kuwait
  • United Kingdom

This list does not include countries where loan service personnel are based, where training exercises are being conducted and where there are minor commitments involving individual service men and women.

25. Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces are currently deployed abroad at present. [34923]

Mr. Soames

Approximately 48,000 members of the British armed forces are currently deployed abroad. This figure includes a number of personnel temporarily engaged on UN-mandated missions in the former Republic of Yugoslavia, Iraq, Cyprus, Angola and Georgia.

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