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Afghanistan and Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Volume 507: debated on Wednesday 17 March 2010

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel who were repatriated from Afghanistan and Iraq were seriously wounded and subsequently died in each year since the start of each conflict started in each of those countries. (322184)

Since operations began in Afghanistan (2001) and Iraq (2003) up to 10 March 2010 (latest date for which data is available), a total of 17 UK armed forces personnel who were categorised as very seriously or seriously injured on operations have subsequently died following repatriation as a result of the injury sustained, as shown in the following table:

Operation

Iraq

Afghanistan

Total

All

8

9

17

2001

0

0

0

2002

0

0

0

2003

2

0

2

2004

0

0

0

2005

0

0

0

2006

1

1

2

2007

5

1

6

2008

0

0

0

2009

0

7

7

2010

0

0

0

These figures include all regular and reservist personnel, and include personnel repatriated to countries outside of the UK.