§ Ms DrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if it is Her Majesty's Government's policy to follow the 5W UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations' guidelines on the minimum age for peacekeepers in relation to the UK members of the NATO peacekeeping force in Kosovo. [88015]
§ Mr. Doug Henderson[holding answer 24 June 1999]I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Richmond Park (Dr. Tonge) on 24 June 1999,Official Report, column 451.
Location/unit Notes Kosovo The 1st Battalion The Irish Guards Battalion Headquarters, 2 companies, fire support company The 1st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers 1 company The 1st Battalion The Green Howards 1 company The 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment Includes a company from The 3nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment The 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Regiment — The 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment Includes a company from the 1st Battalion The Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regiment Bosnia The 1st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers Battalion Headquarters, 2 companies, fire support company Includes a company of Gurkhas The 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Includes a company of Gurkhas Northern Ireland The 1st Battalion The Green Howards Includes a company from the 1st Battalion The Black Watch The 1st Battalion The Royal Scots Includes a company from The 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment The 1st Battalion The Grenadier Guards — The1st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment — The Royal Dragoon Guards Armour in the infantry role 32 Regiment Royal Artillery Artillery in the infantry role The 1st Battalion The Royal Welch Fusiliers Resident The 1st Battalion The Scots Guards Resident The 1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment Resident The 1st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment Resident The 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets Resident The 1st Battalion The King's Regiment — In addition, there are six Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, comprising both full-time and part-time members, which are wholly committed to Northern Ireland.
Units are not 'deployed' to Germany. The following infantry battalions are, however, currently in Germany:
Location/unit Notes Germany 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers — 2nd Battalion The Royal Green Jackets — lst Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales —