To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of British service personnel in Iraq are accommodated in tents. (154439)

Approximately two-thirds of UK service personnel in Iraq are currently accommodated in tents. The tents are protected against direct and indirect attack, with either HESCO bastion or breeze block walls, and are air conditioned, heated and equipped with full sanitation facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Territorial Army have been killed in operations in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan since 2003. (158377)

As of 30 September 2007, four members of the Territorial Army and one Regular Reservist have been killed on operations in Iraq since 2003. Over the same period, two members of the Territorial Army have been killed on operations in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the (a) 1st Battalion the Royal Gurkha Rifles, (b) 1st Battalion the Royal Green Jackets and (c) 2nd Battalion the Parachute Regiment were deployed on operations in Iraq or Afghanistan in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005, (iii) 2006 and (iv) 2007. (158393)

The battalions in question operationally deployed, between 2004 and 2007, are as follows:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what coalition policy is on seeking agreements with militias in Iraq; and if he will make a statement. (158446)

It is coalition policy to engage with any group that is interested in joining Iraq’s democratic process and reducing violence.