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To ask Her Majesty's Government how many British Armed Forces medical staff have been deployed to Afghanistan in each year since 2001. [HL2323]
The following table summarises data available from centrally held records of the number of Armed Forces medical staff deployed to Afghanistan over the period April 2006 to February 2010.
Date Number of deployed medical personnel * April to October 2006 270 October 2006 to April 2007 270 April to October 2007 270 October 2007 to April 2008 340 October 2008 to April 2009 340 April to October 2009 380 October 2009 to February 2010 380
*rounded to the nearest 10.
These data exclude those medical staff who are integral to the deployed battle groups. The number of medical personnel deployed to Afghanistan between 2001 to April 2006 is not held centrally.