§ Mr. GrayTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the police of Operation Artemis. [160086]
§ Caroline FlintThere was no cost to the police from Operation Artemis. Operation Artemis was a French-led European Union operation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to support the United Nations Mission present in the country and to provide a secure environment under which the interim administration could function.
It was deployed for a short period from June 2003 until 15 September 2003 and was a military mission with no civilian police involvement.