§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the locations and strength of British forces overseas; and if he will make a statement. [94785]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 20 October 1999]The number of service personnel deployed overseas as at 1 October 1999 is 43,500. Their geographical location is as follows:702W
Number Overseas Commands: Germany 25,305 Cyprus 3,208 Falkland Islands approximate 1,650 Gibraltar 443 Overseas Operations: The Gulf 1,412 Bosnia and Croatia 4,103 Kosovo 15,000 East Timor approximate 330 UN: Cyprus 318 Kuwait 11 Sierra Leone 15 Georgia 7 East Timor 2 Democratic Republic of Congo 6 Short Term Training Teams: Antarctica2 3 Baltic States 4 Jamaica 1 Sierra Leone 15 Namibia 6 Oman 2 Romania 3 Loan Service Personnel: Antarctica2 3 Antigua 6 Australia 1 Barbados 1 Bahrain 1 Bangladesh 2 Bermuda 3 British Virgin Islands 2 Brunei 57 Baltic States 4 Czech Republic 1 Estonia 1 Ethiopia 1 Germany 22 Ghana 4 Italy 1 Kenya 1 Kuwait 53 Lithuania 1 Malaysia 4 New Zealand 1 Oman 89 Romania 2 Saudi Arabia 64 Sierra Leone 1 Singapore 1 Slovakia 1 South Africa 16 Sri Lanka 1 Turks and Caicos Islands 2 United Arab Emirates 4 USA 1 Zimbabwe 10 Other Overseas Detachments: Belize 82 Brunei 957 Canada 213 Colombia 2 Kenya 35 1 Including FYROM, Greece, Albania and Italy 2 Attached to the British Antarctic Survey