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Armed Forces: Deployment

Volume 479: debated on Monday 21 July 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK personnel are deployed on operations at each location. (219999)

The following table shows the number of UK Service personnel deployed on operations by location at 6 July 2008. The number of personnel in theatre will naturally fluctuate on a daily basis for a variety of reasons, including leave (rest and recuperation), temporary absence for training, evacuation for medical reasons, the roulement of forces and other factors.

Number of personnel deployed by location1

Location

Number

Total

14,910

of which:

Afghanistan2

7,700

Iraq2

4,300

At sea

1,170

Kosovo

440

Qatar

410

Cyprus

280

Oman

280

Kuwait

200

Bahrain

70

Yemen

20

Bosnia

10

Other

30

1 Countries with 10 or more personnel are shown separately. Other countries with fewer than 10 personnel per country include Georgia, Nepal, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. 2 Figures for Iraq and Afghanistan have been rounded to the nearest 100 for operational security reasons. Other figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Due to rounding methods used, the total may not equal the sum of the individual locations.