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registered interest true remove filter
date less than 2016-02-03more like thismore than 2016-02-03
answering body
Ministry of Defence more like this
answering dept id 11 more like this
answering dept short name Defence more like this
answering dept sort name Defence more like this
hansard heading Armed Forces: Deployment more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries British Service personnel are deployed. more like this
tabling member constituency North Somerset more like this
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Dr Liam Fox more like this
uin 25762 remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2016-02-10more like thismore than 2016-02-10
answer text <p>Overseas tours for military personnel can be broadly grouped into three categories: operational deployments, exercises and longer-term postings.</p><p>Operational deployment roles are high readiness deployments anywhere in the world where there is an operational requirement and are not family accompanied. UK military personnel are currently performing these roles in parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and the South Atlantic Islands.</p><p>The standard tour length for operational deployments can vary greatly depending on the circumstances but is likely to be six months, with some Service personnel serving up to 12 months or longer.</p><p>Large-scale exercises are conducted in Belize, Canada and Kenya to provide training for UK military operations. There are a small number of permanent UK military staff posted in each location, and these roles are family accompanied. UK military personnel sent to these locations on exercise are not accompanied by their families.</p><p>Permanent or longer-term posted roles or assignments can be family accompanied. Permanent overseas postings which can be family accompanied include Bahrain, Qatar, the USA, Gibraltar, the South Atlantic Islands, the Cyprus Sovereign Base Areas and the United Nations Operation TOSCA, Singapore and European countries. Around 4,600 of these posts are family-accompanied.</p>
answering member constituency Portsmouth North more like this
answering member printed Penny Mordaunt more like this
grouped question UIN
25763 remove filter
25764 more like this
question first answered
less than 2016-02-10T16:40:09.287Zmore like thismore than 2016-02-10T16:40:09.287Z
answering member
4017
label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt remove filter
tabling member
223
label Biography information for Sir Liam Fox more like this