Armed Forces: Deployment
(asked on 2nd September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Goldie on 6 August (HL7356), whether they will now answer the question put, namely, how many serving members of the UK armed forces are stationed abroad, listed by country of assignment.
The number of Service members of the UK Armed Forces stationed abroad is 6,050. The table below details the country of assignment.
Country | Number of personnel |
Germany | 540 |
Cyprus | 2,290 |
Belgium | 290 |
Gibraltar | 160 |
Italy | 180 |
Netherlands | 120 |
Portugal | 20 |
Norway | 40 |
France | 60 |
Czech Republic | 20 |
Denmark | 10 |
Spain | 30 |
Georgia | 10 |
Afghanistan (locally engaged civilians) | 80 |
Brunei | 160 |
British Indian Ocean Territory (including Diego Garcia) | 40 |
Nepal | 20 |
Pakistan | 10 |
Singapore | 10 |
Saudi Arabia | 130 |
Oman | 110 |
Bahrain | 20 |
Kuwait | 40 |
Jordan | 20 |
Turkey | 40 |
United Arab Emirates | 50 |
Israel | 10 |
Qatar | 30 |
Kenya | 250 |
Sierra Leone | 10 |
South Africa | 10 |
Nigeria | 20 |
Somalia | 10 |
United States of America | 730 |
Canada | 260 |
Belize | 30 |
South America | 10 |
Falkland Islands | 70 |
Australia | 60 |
New Zealand | 10 |
Unallocated | 20 |