Military Fatalities

Mr. Gray
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military fatalities have been repatriated through RAF Brize Norton in each of the last five years.

Mr. Ingram
[holding answer 23 March 2007]: The number of military fatalities that have been repatriated through RAF Brize Norton in each of the last five years are:

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|               |Personnel repatriated|
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|2003           |53                   |
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|2004           |39                   |
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|2005           |15                   |
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|2006           |50                   |
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|2007 (to date) |12                   |
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|Total personnel|169                  |
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