To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are plans to allocate part of Kandahar province to the UK's area of responsibility. (309613)

We are not aware of any such plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the monetary value was of allowances paid to civilian staff based in Afghanistan in each of the last five years. (310651)

[holding answer 14 January 2010]: This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) UK armed forces personnel and (b) personnel of other coalition forces were deployed in the operation to deliver a turbine to Kajaki dam in September 2008; and what the duration was of that operation. (311002)

The operation took 17 days but the number of UK and other coalition forces deployed is difficult to collate because of the various different phases and the number of support tasks involved. This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) deaths and (b) injuries to personnel were sustained in the operation to deliver and install the turbine to Kajaki dam in September 2008. (311004)

No UK deaths were sustained in the operation to deliver and install the turbine at Kajaki dam in September 2008. Four UK personnel sustained injuries in the operation.