HC Deb 27 February 1998 vol 307 c377W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the total deployment of(a) Navy, (b) RAF and (c) Army personnel and equipment around Iraq since the start of the current crisis. [31486]

Mr. George Robertson

Since the start of the current crisis in mid-January, the UK's military presence in the Gulf region has been augmented by some 1,000 RN, 600 RAF and 50 Army personnel as a result of the deployment of HMS Invincible with her complement of RN and RAF Harrier aircraft, the RFA Fort Victoria, and a detachment of Tornado aircraft to Kuwait. Additional support aircraft have also been deployed to Bahrain.

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