Armed Forces: Deployment Dr. Fox To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces personnel were deployed on operations at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by location of deployment. Mr. Bob Ainsworth The following table shows the number of UK service personnel deployed on operations by location at 14 January 2008. The number of personnel in theatre will naturally fluctuate on a daily basis for a variety of reasons, including leave (rest and recuperation), temporary absence for training, evacuation for medical reasons, the roulement of forces and other factors. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Location |Number| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |13,480| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Of which: | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Afghanistan |6,800 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Iraq |4,600 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |At Sea |620 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Qatar |410 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Cyprus |280 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kuwait |350 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Oman |180 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Kosovo |120 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bahrain |60 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Bosnia |10 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Other |30 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Countries with 10 or more personnel are shown separately. Other countries with fewer than 10 personnel per country include Georgia, Nepal, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia.| | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------