§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list(a) the location and (b) the number of British service personnel (i) killed and (ii) injured while on military duties in Iraq in 2003. [122308]
§ Mr. Ingram[holding answer 30 June 2003]: As at 30 June 43 UK personnel have died and 155 have been injured since the beginning of Operation Telic. 809W
Name Date Location Lieutenant Green 22 March Northern Gulf Lieutenant King Lieutenant Lawrence Lieutenant West Lieutenant Wilson Lieutenant Williams Flight Lieutenant Williams 23 March Iraq/Kuwait border Flight Lieutenant Main Staff Sergeant Cullingworth 23 March Southern Iraq Sapper Allsopp Lance Corporal Stephen 24 March Al Zubayr Sergeant Roberts 24 March Al Zubayr Corporal Allbutt 25 March South west of Basrah Trooper Clarke 25 March Lance Corporal of Horse Hull 28 March Southern Iraq Marine Maddison 30 March Near Basrah Major Ballard 30 March Az Zubayr Lance Corporal Brierley 30 March Kuwait Staff Sergeant Muir 31 March Southern Iraq Lance Corporal Shearer 1 April Southern Iraq (Lt Tweedie died on 21 April in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary) Lieutenant Tweedie Private Muzvuru 6 April Basrah Lance Corporal Malone Fusilier Turrington 6 April Basrah Senior Aircraftsman Pritchard 8 May In hospital in UK following RTA in theatre Lance Corporal McCue 30 April Southern Iraq Private Kelly 6 May Southern Iraq Corporal Shepherd 19 May Kuwait Mr. Leonard Harvey (Defence Fire Service) 22 May Died in hospital in UK after being taken ill while deployed in the Gulf Corporal Aston 24 June Al Majaar Al Kabir Corporal Miller Lance Corporal Hyde Corporal Long Lance Corporal Keys Sergeant Hamilton-Jewell We cannot provide the locations of the incidents where service personnel were injured as these are not held centrally.
§ Mr. ToddTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in clearing sites in Iraq where cluster bombs were used; and if he will make a statement. [112531]
§ Mr. HoonUnited Kingdom and other coalition explosive ordnance disposal (E0D) teams in the UK's area of responsibility have completed over 1,000 tasks and destroyed over 100,000 individual munitions. We do not record types of munitions destroyed.
A full survey of sites contaminated with unexploded munitions is now under way. The survey is being conducted in concert with other coalition forces, nongovernmental organisations and demining companies. On average about 30 new EOD tasks are being identified each week.
We cannot comment on progress made by other coalition partners, other than to reiterate that providing a safe, secure and risk free environment for the Iraqi people is a key aspect of restoration activity for all the coalition.