Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

Dr. Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many humanitarian airdrops have been conducted by the Royal Air Force in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

Mr. Bob Ainsworth
UK forces routinely use air-drops in order to resupply deployed troops in both Iraq and Afghanistan. But centrally-held records show that the Royal Air Force has not carried out any airdrops specifically for humanitarian purposes in the period from 2001 to date in either Iraq or Afghanistan.