§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) reservists and (b) medical reservists have responded to call-up notices in the last three months; and if he will make a statement. [97771]
§ Dr. MoonieAs at 14 February, 5,495 call-out notices had been issued in support of Operation TELIC. Of these, 513 were issued to medical reservists. On the same date, 1,765 reservists had been accepted for service of which 198 were medical reservists. For all other operations, 140 reservists had been accepted for service between 1 December 2002 and 14 February 2003. Of these, seven were medical reservists.