§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many service men and women served in Operation Telic. [147745]
§ Mr. IngramI have been asked to reply.
1695WUntil 1 May, when major combat operations ceased, about 45,000 personnel were deployed to the Gulf region. Since then numbers have reduced to their current level, which fluctuates between 10,000 and 11,000.