Armed Forces: Deployment
(asked on 18th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many members of the UK Armed Forces are currently deployed on NATO operations, broken down by service.
This question was answered on 2nd June 2020
In total there are 2,005 members of the UK Armed Forces deployed on NATO operations. The Navy has 14 deployed, the Army has 1,727 deployed and the RAF has 264 deployed.
This table provides greater detail should it be required.
Country | Army | RAF | Navy | Total |
LITHUANIA | 2 | 164 | 1 | 167 |
ESTONIA | 838 | 1 | 1 | 840 |
POLAND | 136 | 1 | 0 | 137 |
KOSOVO | 20 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
IRAQ | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
AFGHANISTAN | 727 | 97 | 11 | 835 |
Total | 1727 | 264 | 14 | 2005 |