Military Personnel (Overseas)

HC Deb 06 November 2001 vol 374 cc129-30W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK military personnel are serving overseas, broken down by(a) unit and (b) country in which they are serving. [12080]

Mr. Ingram

The following table shows the number of UK regular forces serving overseas as at 1 September 2001 broken down by service. To break down the figures to unit level could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

	Navy	Army	RAF	Total
Overseas total	4,551	33,116	5,435	43,102
Continental Europe	441	17,423	2,006	19,870
Cyprus	8	2,053	1,089	3,150
Gibraltar	217	70	114	401
Other Europe	490	2,986	106	3,582
Near and Middle East	396	2,586	819	3,801
Far East	18	239	23	280
Others	2,981	7,759	1,278	12,018

Source:

DASA (Tri-Service)