§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by specialty and rank the number of Defence Medical Services personnel on operational duty in Sierra Leone in September 2000; and if he will make a statement. [151799]
§ Dr. MoonieThe number of Defence Medical Services personnel on operational duty in Sierra Leone during September 2000 is set out. The majority of these personnel deployed to provide initial medical support to UK troops. A surgical team also deployed briefly to Sierra Leone in support of the UK military operation which successfully freed six members of the Royal Irish Regiment on 10 September, and this is included in the details as shown. Medical support to UK forces was also provided by the UN hospital which was then run by the Indian armed forces.
- Lieutenant Colonel—Consultant General Surgeon
- Lieutenant Colonel—Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
- Lieutenant Colonel—Consultant Anaesthetist
- Lieutenant Colonel—Medical Officer
- Lieutenant Colonel—General Medical Practitioner
- Major—Consultant Anaesthetist
- Captain—Medical Officer
- Captain—Medical Officer
- Flight Lieutenant—Nursing Officer
- Warrant Officer Class 1—Operating Department Practitioner Class 1
- Warrant Officer Class 2—Combat Medical Technician Class 1
- Staff Sergeant x 2—Operating Department Practitioner Class 1
- Sergeant—Regimental Medical Assistant Class 1
- Sergeant x 2—Operating Department Practitioner Class 1
- Sergeant—Registered General Nurse
- Sergeant x 3—Combat Medical Technician Class 1
- Corporal x 3—Combat Medical Technician Class 1
- Corporal—Environmental Health Technician Class 1
- Corporal x 2—Operating Department Practitioner Class 1
221W - Ranger x 2—Regimental Medical Assistant Class 2
- Lance Corporal—Combat Medical Technician Class 1
- Lance Corporal—Regimental Medical Assistant Class 1
- Lance Corporal—Operating Department Practitioner Class 1
- Lance Corporal—Regimental Medical Assistant Class 3
- Senior Aircraftman—RAF Medical Assistant
- Private—Combat Medical Technician Class 1.
§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by specialty the number of Defence Medical Services personnel who will be deployed as part of Exercise Saif Sareea 2 stating in each case how many are(a) regular and (b) reserves; and if he will make a statement. [151808]
§ Dr. MoonieRequirements for medical support to Exercise Saif Sareea 2 have not yet been finalised. Consequently, we are not yet able to determine the numbers and specialties of the Defence Medical Services personnel who will be deployed, nor whether they will be regular or reserves.