To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for how many days on average (a) pilots and (b) engineering and support personnel serving in front-line Harrier squadrons at RAF Cottesmore were deployed on Operation Herrick in the period from 1 November 2006 to 31 October 2008. (240497)

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. On average, each squadron is deployed on Herrick for four in every 12 months.