HC Deb 30 October 2002 vol 391 cc794-5W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many army personnel have been invalided out of the Army when deployed in(a) Sierra Leone, (b) Saif Sareea, (c) Afghanistan, (d) Kosovo and (e) Macedonia as a direct result of their involvement in the deployments; and if he will make a statement. [78286]

Dr. Moonie

The number of regular Army personnel medically discharged due to disabilities sustained directly from having served in these theatres of operations, as at 28 October 2002, is shown in the table.

Theatre of operations Number discharged
Sierra Leone 3
Saif Sareea 0
Afghanistan 0
Kosovo 9
Macedonia 0
Total 12