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I will write to the hon. Member with more detailed information when this has been collated
Nick Harvey: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many rocket attacks there were on Basra airbase in each year since 2003. [195381]
Des Browne: The first recorded instance of a rocket attack on the Contingency Operating Base (COB) in Basra was in May 2004. The number of attacks against the COB in each year since that time is provided in the following table.
| Number of attacks | |
The figure for 2008 includes attacks up to 17 February. More than one rocket may have been fired in any individual attack.
Mr. Jenkins: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel from (a) Tamworth constituency and (b) Staffordshire were serving in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan at the latest date for which figures are available. [195423]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Data on the UK residential location of armed forces personnel is not held centrally in databases of individual records and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Military Aircraft
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many equipment failure reports were filed regarding (a) C-17 Globemaster, (b) C-130K Hercules, (c) C-130J Hercules, (d) Tristar and (e) VC-10 aircraft in each year since 2003. [193877]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: MOD Form 760 is the mandated process for users to report aircraft faults which include, accidental damage, maintenance related failures and breakdowns, and the failure of items fitted to the aircraft. Information on the numbers of such reports raised on the requested aircraft types in each year is shown in the following table.
| Aircraft type | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
The data do not incorporate the results of subsequent investigations and do not, therefore, differentiate between what might later prove to have been operator error or damage sustained as a result of operations. Nor do the data indicate the severity of the failure which might have had no discernable impact on operational capability or safety. These figures do not include any instances of equipment defects that have not been formally reported by the user.
Military Aircraft: Helicopters
Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many equipment failure reports were filed for each helicopter type in the (a) Army Air Corps, (b) Fleet Air Arm and (c) Royal Air Force in each year since 2003. [193876]
Mr. Bob Ainsworth: MOD Form 760 is the mandated process for the users to report aircraft faults which include, accidental damage, maintenance related failures and breakdowns, and the failure of items fitted to the aircraft. Information on the numbers of such reports raised on the requested aircraft types in each year is shown in the following table.
| Helicopter type | Service | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008( 1) |
| (1) To date | |||||||
Figures are marked as not available (n/a) where MOD Form 760s have been archived and therefore not recorded on the electronic database. Helicopter engines are administered by a single integrated project team and are identified separately.
The data do not incorporate the results of subsequent investigations and do not, therefore, differentiate between what might later prove to have been operator error or damage sustained as a result of operations. Nor do the data indicate the severity of the failure which might have had no discernable impact on operational capability or safety. These figures do not include any instances of equipment defects that have not been formally reported by the user.
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