To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether UK force commanders have requested additional helicopters for operations in Afghanistan since 1 September 2006; and if he will make a statement. (111137)

UK force commanders have not requested additional helicopters for operations in Afghanistan since 1 September 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the adequacy of helicopter numbers available to UK forces in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq; and if he will make a statement. (111138)

Helicopter assets in both Afghanistan and Iraq are currently assessed by the military commanders in theatre to be sufficient to support operations successfully. We keep this under constant review.