The approximate number of UK service personnel deployed by operation and location as at 9 July 2007 is shown in the following table:
Operation Number Total 13,500 Of which: Telic 6,800 Of which: Iraq 5,500 Other (including ‘at sea’) 1,300 Herrick 6,200 Of which: Afghanistan 6,200 Oculus 240 Of which: Kosovo 180 Bosnia 60 UN 320 Of which: Cyprus 290 Other1 30 1 Other UN locations have fewer than 10 personnel per country and include Georgia, Nepal, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. Note: Due to rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts.
The strength of UK regular forces posted outside the UK is available in Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 6—Global Location of UK Regular Forces. The most recent publication show the numbers of service personnel at 1 October 2006.
Copies of TSP 6 are available in the Library of the House and are also available at:
www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/tsp6/tsp6_oct06.pdf.
Due to the introduction of a new joint personnel administration system (JPA), TSP6 RAF location data for 1 April 2006 are provisional and subject to review, and after 1 April 2006 are not currently available.
The Defence Analytical Services Agency is currently validating JPA RAF location data and expect to publish provisional RAF figures for 1 July 2006 and 1 October 2006 by the end of July 2007.