§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for each armed service the number of people who served in the Gulf war who have 207W subsequently died (a) while serving in the armed services and (b) since they were discharged; and if he will show in each case the cause of their deaths. [35004]
§ Mr. SoamesFigures for service personnel who served in the Gulf war and have subsequently died since the end of that conflict, while serving, are shown in the table:
Deaths in service of personnel who served on OP Granby Cause of death Army Navy RAF Injuries and poisoning 20 6 34 Neoplasms 4 1 4 Disorders of the circulatory system 1 2 4 Disorders of the nervous system and sense organs 0 0 1 Infections 0 0 1 Total 25 9 44 Information on the numbers of discharged service personnel who have died since the end of the Gulf war is not available.
I very much regret that in my answer of 12 June to the hon. Member for South Shields (Dr. Clark) on this matter, Official Report, column 210, the figure for the total number of service personnel who had died during the conflict and subsequently while still serving was incorrect. As at 19 July this year, the correct figure is 117.