§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library transcripts of the media interviews he gave on 10 May 2004 on the situation in Iraq and investigations into alleged abuse of detainees in British custody in Iraq. [173344]
§ Mr. HoonThe Ministry of Defence does not routinely hold full transcripts of interviews given by Ministers on radio or television programmes.
§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many vehicles have been transported to Iraq for use by British armed forces, broken down by type. [173860]
§ Mr. IngramThis information would require extensive manual retrieval and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Tom CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what length of deployment UK military personnel are required to serve in Iraq. [174353]
§ Mr. IngramI refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 19 April 2004,Official Refort, column 11W, to the hon. Member for Romford (Mi. Rosindell).
§ Llew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of each of the(a) B1u-97B, (b) 20 mm Phalanx Sea-to-Air, (c) 25 mm M791, (d) 30 mm PGU-14/B, (e) 120 mm MV Charm, (f) Tow 2 A/B A/tank, (g) AGM-65 G Maverick, (h) Hellfire II/Brimstone, (i) AGM-84 SLAM-ER, (j) AGM-154C JSOW, (k) AGM-158 JASSM, (l) BGM-109 Tactical Tomahawk, (m) Storm Shadow/Scalper, (n) GBU-15, (o) GBU-24, (p) GBU-27, (q) GBU-28B/B, (r) GBU-31JDAM, (s) GBU-37 B/B, (t) GBU-118/B and (u) SSB weapon types were used in Iraq; and which were used against targets in urban areas. [174375]
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§ Mr. IngramThe numbers of each weapon type used by British forces during Op. Telic are as follows:
Weapon type Total used 20 mm Phalanx 0 120 mm CHARM 850 TOW (I and FI variants) 83 AGM-65 G Maverick 38 Storm Shadow 27 GBU-27 9 In respect to the numbers of (l) BGM-109 Tactical Tomahawk, and; in relation to the breakdown of numbers used against urban targets, I am withholding this information in accordance with Exemption la of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information which relates to defence, security and international relations.
With the exception of the Tactical Tomahawk, those weapon types included in the question but not listed in the table above are not in UK service.