(2) how many people were held in detention by British armed forces in Afghanistan in each month since 2001;
(3) how many of those held in detention by British armed forces in Afghanistan (a) have been handed over to US forces, (b) have been handed over to Afghan security forces, (c) have been released and (d) remain in British custody; and if he will make a statement.
Between July 2006 and 31 October 2009 UK forces detained 739 people. The UK does not transfer detainees to other ISAF nations unless it is required by our Memoranda of Understanding with the Denmark or the Czech Republic, where we hand detainees taken by Danish or Czech forces back to them for transfer to Afghan authorities or release. As of 31 October 2009, the UK held 10 people in detention. We hold capture details relating to a total of a further seven individuals detained by UK forces between 2001 and June 2006.
Detained Released1 Transferred to Afghan Authorities1 Died in UK medical facilities of wounds sustained on the battle field1 2006 July 4 0 4 0 August 0 0 0 0 September 16 3 13 0 October 1 1 0 0 November 1 1 0 0 December 0 0 0 0 2007 January 6 0 5 1 February 14 13 1 0 March 2 0 2 0 April 11 4 4 3 May 11 11 0 0 June 10 1 9 0 July 38 28 8 2 August 11 2 9 0 September 8 3 5 0 October 13 7 6 0 November 34 25 9 0 December 17 14 2 1 2008 January 12 1 11 0 February 13 3 10 0 March 10 7 3 0 April 15 5 10 0 May 17 1 16 0 June 11 2 9 0 July 36 12 24 0 August 32 13 19 0 September 21 10 10 1 October 22 6 16 0 November 51 22 29 0 December 42 22 20 0 2009 January 19 5 14 0 February 8 5 3 0 March 24 14 10 0 April 9 8 1 0 May 6 0 6 0 June 23 8 15 0 July 28 19 9 0 August 23 17 6 0 September 36 24 12 0 October 84 52 22 0 Total 739 379 352 8 1 These columns refer to individuals detained in the month identified. In some cases they may have been released, transferred or died in the following month. It also includes a small number of individuals initially detained by the Danish armed forces who were handed back to Danish forces for release or transfer.