Armed Forces

(asked on 26th September 2014) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British service personnel are serving in (a) Afghanistan and (b) other countries.


Answered by
Mark Francois Portrait
Mark Francois
This question was answered on 18th December 2014

Around 600 UK Armed Forces personnel are currently deployed on operations in Afghanistan and around a further 2,930 are deployed on operations in other countries. Information on the stationed location of all UK Regular Forces is available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/376061/QLS_Quarterly_Location_Statistics__October_2014.pdf#page=4

Notes:

  1. ‘UK Armed Forces personnel’ includes UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel and mobilised reservists.
  2. ‘Other countries’ excludes deployments in the UK, Afghanistan and personnel on board Naval Vessels.
  3. Data for personnel deployed on operations only includes personnel who are deployed to an overseas location with an assigned country code. Personnel on overseas training exercises are excluded.

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