§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's staff have been involved in deployments to(a) Slovakia, (b) Macedonia and (c) Bulgaria in the last five years; at what costs; and if he will make a statement. [38059]
§ Mr. IngramNumbers of military and civilian Ministry of Defence personnel deployed through the Outreach programme to Slovakia, Macedonia and Bulgaria during the last three years are given below (figures are not held centrally prior to this date). The figures for 1999–00 and 2000–01 were previously published in MOD Performance Reports (Cm 5000 Annex G and Cm5920 Annex H). They include members of visiting training and advisory teams and resident in-country advisers. The costs shown are approximate.
All Services Naval Services Army RAF Other Mediterranean, Near East and Gulf 3,679 1,257 697 1,725 Far East 290 54 212 24 Other locations 6,045 1,817 3,177 1,051 Global Total 204,055 41,684 109,221 53,150 Figures are for UK Regular Forces (including both Trained and Untrained personnel), and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists and Naval Activated Reservists.