Armed Forces: Deployment

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British service personnel were stationed in (a) Gibraltar, (b) the Falklands, (c) Belize, (d) Brunei and (e) Cyprus on 1 October 2007.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
The strength of UK Regular Forces stationed outside the UK is available in Table 1.1 of Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 10: UK Regular Forces Stationed Location. TSP 10 is published quarterly. The most recent publication shows figures at 1 April 2007 and can be found at:

http://www.dasa.mod.uk/publications/tsp10/tsp10tab11.html.

Copies of TSP 10 are available in the Library of the House and are also available at:

www.dasa.mod.uk.

Due to ongoing validation of data from the new Personnel Administration System, all location data are currently provisional and subject to review.