§ Ann WintertonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the(a) schedule and (b) operations of the three Parachute battalions has been over the last three years. [188791]
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§ Mr. IngramThe details of the operational deployments of each Battalion of the Parachute Regiment over the last three years are shown in the following table. Deployments have been defined as unaccompanied Battalion level operational tours.
Unit Date Location 1 Para May and August 2000 (two short deployments) Sierra Leone January-June 2001 Northern Ireland January-June 2003 Iraq 2 Para January-March 2002 Afghanistan September 2002-March 2003 Northern Ireland December 2003-April 2004 Iraq 3 Para January-June 2002 Northern Ireland January-June 2003 Iraq May 2004 to date Northern Ireland