Defence written question – answered on 29 January 2009.
Nick Harvey
Shadow Secretary of State for Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions the (a) heavy and (b) light artillery regiments have been deployed in each of the last 10 years; and (i) to which locations and (ii) on which operations they were deployed.
Bob Ainsworth
The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence
The deployments of the heavy and light artillery regiments over the last 10 years are shown as follows:
| Heavy artillery units | |||
| Unit | Operation name | Location | Date |
| 1 Regt RHA | |||
| AS90 (Heavy) | Op Palatine | Bosnia | 1998-99 |
| Op Agricola | Macedonia and Kosovo | 1999 | |
| Op Palatine | Bosnia | (1)2000 | |
| Op Palatine | Bosnia | (1)2000 | |
| Op Palatine | Bosnia | (1)2002 | |
| Op Telic 4 | Iraq | 2004 | |
| Op Tosca | Cyprus | 2005 | |
| Op Telic 10 | Iraq | 2007 | |
| 3 Regt RHA | |||
| AS90 (Heavy) | Op Palatine | Bosnia | (1)1998-99 |
| Op Resolute | Kosovo | (1)2001 | |
| Op Telic 1 | Iraq | 2003 | |
| Op Tosca | Cyprus | 2003-04 | |
| Op Telic 7 | Iraq | 2005-06 | |
| Op Telic 11 | Iraq | (1)2007-08 | |
| Op Herrick 8 | Afghanistan | (1)2008 | |
| Op Telic 12 | Iraq | (1)2008 | |
| 4 Regt RA | |||
| AS90 (Heavy) | Op Agricola | Macedonia and Kosovo | 1999 |
| Op Tosca | Cyprus | (1)2001 | |
| Op Fresco | UK | 2002-03 | |
| Op Banner | Northern Ireland | 2003 | |
| Op Telic 5 | Iraq | 2004-05 | |
| Op Tosca | Cyprus | 2006 | |
| Op Herrick 7 | Afghanistan | 2007-08 | |
| 19 Regt RA | |||
| AS90 (Heavy) | Op Agricola | Macedonia and Kosovo | (1)1999 |
| Op Palatine | Bosnia | 2000 | |
| Op Fingal | Afghanistan | (1)2002 | |
| Op Banner | Northern Ireland | (1)2003 | |
| Op Telic 6 | Iraq | 2005 | |
| Op Herrick 6 | Afghanistan | 2007 | |
| 26 Regt RA | |||
| AS90 (Heavy) | Op Agricola | Kosovo | 1999-2000 |
| Op Palatine | Bosnia | (1)2000-01 | |
| Op Agricola | Kosovo | (1)2000-01 | |
| Op Telic 1 | Iraq | (1)2003 | |
| Op Telic 3 | Iraq | 2003-04 | |
| Op Tosca | Cyprus | 2004-05 | |
| Op Telic 8 | Iraq | (1)2006 | |
| Op Herrick 9 | Afghanistan | (1)2008-09 | |
| Op Telic 13 | Iraq | (1)2008-09 | |
| Light artillery units | |||
| Unit | Operation name | Location | Date |
| 29 Cdo Regt RA | |||
| L118 (Light) | Op Silkman | Sierra Leone | 2000 |
| Op Jacana | Afghanistan | 2001 | |
| Op Telic 1 | Iraq | 2003 | |
| Op Herrick 5 | Afghanistan | 2006-07 | |
| Op Herrick 9 | Afghanistan | 2008-09 | |
| 40 Regt RA | |||
| L118 (Light) | Op Banner | Bosnia | 1999 |
| Op Agricola | Macedonia and Kosovo | 2001 | |
| Op Telic 1 | Iraq | (1)2003 | |
| Op Telic 2 | Iraq | 2003 | |
| Op Tosca | Cyprus | 2004 | |
| Op Telic 9 | Iraq | 2006-07 | |
| 7 Para RHA | |||
| L118 (Light) | Op Banner | Northern Ireland | 1999-2000 |
| Op Agricola | Macedonia and Kosovo | 1999 | |
| Op Silkman | Sierra Leone | (1)2000 | |
| Op Agricola | Macedonia and Kosovo | (1)2001 | |
| Op Jacana | Afghanistan | 2001-02 | |
| Op Telic 1 | Iraq | 2003 | |
| Op Agricola | Kosovo | (1)2004-05 | |
| Op Herrick 4 | Afghanistan | 2006 | |
| Op Herrick 8 | Afghanistan | 2008 | |
| (1) Elements of regiment deployed | |||
All deployments are at Regimental Scale of Effort unless otherwise specified.
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No1 person thinks not
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