To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers serving in Iraq are from (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) the area corresponding most closely to Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency. (96203)

Data on the residential location of armed forces personnel are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Iraqi police officers have been removed from their position as a consequence of Operation Sinbad; and if he will make a statement. (96687)

The removal of Iraqi police officers is a matter for the Government of Iraq.