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Information on very seriously and seriously injured casualties by regiment, or other service equivalent, for the time period requested cannot be released without disclosing individual identities.

A breakdown of very seriously and seriously injured casualties by service and year is provided in the following table.

Service Total 2007 2008 2009( 1)

Total

79

69

9

1

Naval Service(1)

1

1

0

0

Army

70

60

9

1

RAF

8

8

0

0

(1) As at 16 May
(2) Naval Service includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Note:
These figures exclude natural causes

Since 1 January 2007, 409 UK service personnel have been recorded on the NOTICAS casualty reporting system with a medical listing of Incapacitating Illness/Injury (III), Unlisted Condition (UL) or Minor Injury (MI) while on deployment in Iraq. The figures presented include casualties reported up to 16 May 2009. Casualties within the cause category of ‘natural causes’ are excluded from the figures.

Since 1 January 2007,13 female members of UK service personnel have been recorded on the NOTICAS casualty reporting system with a medical listing of III, UL or MI while on deployment in Iraq.

The following table provides a breakdown of casualties listed as III, UL and MI by age-group and year.

Age-group Total 2007 2008 2009( 1)

Total

409

243

124

42

<20 years

47

20

18

9

20-24

166

104

46

16

25-29

91

54

29

8

30-34

46

31

14

1

35-39

39

23

11

5

40+

20

11

6

3

(1)( )As at 16 May
Note:
These figures excludes natural causes

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Information on the breakdown of casualties by regiment, or other service equivalent, for the time period requested cannot be released without disclosing individual identities.

The following table provides a breakdown of listed as III, UL and MI by service and year.

Service Total 2007 2008 2009( 1)

Total

409

243

124

42

Naval Service(2)

17

4

11

2

Army

365

226

100

39

RAF

27

13

13

1

(1) As at 16 May
(2)( )Naval Service includes Royal Navy and Royal Marines
Note:
These figures exclude natural causes

Armed Forces: Deployment

Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what UK (a) Army and (b) Royal Navy personnel are based in the UK Overseas Territories in the Caribbean; [276784]

(2) what UK armed forces are based in (a) Anguilla, (b) the British Virgin Islands, (c) the Cayman Islands, (d) Montserrat and (e) the Turks and Caicos Islands. [276808]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: There are no UK armed forces based in Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat, or Turks and Caicos Islands.

Armed Forces: Dismissal

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) senior and (b) junior officers and personnel at (i) senior and (ii) junior ranks in each service have been compulsorily discharged in each year since 2006-07. [275121]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The tables provided show the numbers of personnel in the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force that have been compulsorily discharged in each year since 2006-07. The Army is unable to provide this information as it is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The Navy figures are for administrative and disciplinary discharge only as all other information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. During this period, the RAF was engaged in a significant redundancy programme to meet manning targets and this is reflected in the table. The RAF figures include personnel who have been discharged under the following exit methods: Administrative and Disciplinary, Medically Unfit and Compulsory and Voluntary Redundancy.

Royal Navy— Officers
Calendar Year

 2006 2007 2008

Senior Officers

(1)—

(1)—

(1)—

Junior Officers

28

35

43

(1) Figures that are less than five are withheld to avoid disclosure of sensitive information

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Royal Navy — Other Ranks
Calendar Year

 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Senior Rates

(1)—

(1)—

—

Junior Rates

11

16

13

(1) Figures that are less than five are withheld to avoid disclosure of sensitive information

Royal Air Force — Officers( l)
Financial Year

 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Senior Officers

80

59

—

Junior Officers

30

35

13

(1) Figures are provisional.


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Royal Air Force — Other Ranks( l)
Financial Year

 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Senior Ranks

594

341

42

Junior Ranks

524

607

177

(1) Figures are provisional.

Armed Forces: Foreigners

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-UK nationals of each nationality are serving in each unit of the armed services. [277253]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The number of non-UK nationals of each nationality serving in each unit cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. Data by service as at 1 April 2008 are provided in the following table:


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Trained strength of UK regular forces( 1) by service and nationality as at 1 April 2008( 2)

 All services Army Navy RAF

Total

168,620

93,830

34,530

40,260

British

161,040

87,270

33,750

40,260

Commonwealth( 3)

6,580

6,000

530

40

Antiguan

—

—

—

—

Australian

80

60

20

—

Bahamian

—

—

—

—

Bangladeshi

10

10

—

—

Barbadian

10

10

—

—

Belizean

—

—

—

—

Botswanan

10

10

—

—

Bruneian

—

—

—

—

Cameroonian

30

30

—

—

Canadian

70

50

20

—

Citizen of Fiji

2,040

1,950

80

10

Citizen of Sri Lanka

10

10

—

—

Citizen of St. Kitts

—

—

—

—

Cypriot

—

—

—

—

Dominican

20

20

—

—

Gambian

120

110

10

—

Ghanian

660

650

10

—

Grenadian

50

50

—

—

Guyanese

20

20

—

—

Indian

60

60

10

—

Jamaican

740

700

30

10

Kenyan

120

110

10

—

Malawian

130

130

—

—

Malaysian

10

—

—

—

Maltese

10

—

—

—

Mauritian

30

30

—

—

Namibian

—

—

—

—

New Zealander

80

60

10

—

Nigerian

80

80

—

—

Other Commonwealth

10

10

—

—

Other West Indian

—

—

—

—

Pakistani

10

10

—

—

Papua New Guinean

—

—

—

—

Saint Helenian

—

—

—

—

Saint Lucian

200

200

10

—

Seychellois

10

10

—

—

Sierra Leonean

40

40

—

—

Singaporean

—

—

—

—

South African

770

710

60

—

Swazi

10

10

—

—

Tanzanian

—

—

—

—

Tongan

10

10

—

—

Trinidadian

100

70

30

—

Ugandan

50

50

—

—

Vincentian

430

240

190

—

Zambian

20

20

—

—

Zimbabwean

480

460

20

—

Other

360

280

60

20

Afghan

—

—

—

—

American

—

—

—

—

Austrian

—

—

—

—

Danish

—

—

—

—

Dutch

—

—

—

—

Egyptian

—

—

—

—

Foreign

10

10

—

—

French

—

—

—

—

German

—

—

—

—

Hong Kong/Chinese

—

—

—

—

Irish

280

200

50

20

Iranian

—

—

—

—

Iraqi

—

—

—

—

Libyan

—

—

—

—

Mauritanian

—

—

—

—

Nepalese

60

60

—

—

Norwegian

—

—

—

—

Pacific Islander

—

—

—

—

Saudi Arabian

—

—

—

—

Sudanese

—

—

—

—

Swedish

—

—

—

—

Swiss

—

—

—

—

Ukrainian

—

—

—

—

Unknown(4)

640

279

200

170

“—“ denotes zero or rounded to zero. (1)Trained UK regular forces exclude Gurkhas, full-time reserve personnel and mobilised reservists. (2 )Provisional. (3) Includes Zimbabwean and Fijian citizens, who continue to retain Commonwealth status under the British Nationality Act 1981. (4) Those with an unrecorded nationality. Note: Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all services strength statistics for 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.
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