§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel from his Department 61W with responsibility for media and communications operations are (a) in the Gulf and (b) on their way to the Gulf; and if he will make a statement. [101593]
§ Mr. IngramAs at 7 March 2002, the Ministry of Defence had 160 specialist media operations staff deployed to the Gulf. There is one more member of staff due to be deployed within the next week.