Defence written question – answered at on 11 February 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces are warned-off for deployment to the Gulf; and how many of these are in receipt of station specific pay, broken down by category.
holding answer
Including those forces currently in the region on routine deployments and permanent taskings, a total of around 45,000 servicemen and women have been deployed or are due to deploy to the Middle East region. Detailed planning continues however, and figures are liable to change. Approximately 10,400 of those deploying are in receipt of Local Overseas Allowance.
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