HC Deb 20 May 1999 vol 331 cc437-8W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (i) 16 and (ii) 17 year olds are currently deployed in(a) NATO task forces in the Adriatic, (b) Bosnia, (c) Macedonia and (d) Albania. [84719]

Mr. George Robertson

As at 18 May, the latest date for which figures are available, there were no Naval Service personnel aged 16 and 24 Naval Service personnel aged 17 deployed in NATO task forces in the Adriatic. As at 1 April 1999, there were no Army personnel aged 16 and 27 Army personnel aged 17 deployed in the Former Yugoslavia.

No RAF personnel under age 18 were deployed in any of the areas concerned.