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<table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p>The number of UK Armed Forces personnel deployed
on operations by financial year (FY) is provided below:</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Operation Toral</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>980</p></td><td><p>1,030</p></td><td><p>1,220</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>340</p></td><td><p>480</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>450</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri-Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,400</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,500</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,340</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,710</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Operation Shader</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p>500</p></td><td><p>740</p></td><td><p>1,620</p></td><td><p>1,920</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td><td><p>2,420</p></td><td><p>2,210</p></td><td><p>2,230</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri-Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,510</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,230</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,910</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,230</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Operation Cabrit</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navy</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>~</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Army</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>380</p></td><td><p>2,400</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAF</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Tri-Service Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>380</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,560</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>Notes</p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="9"><p><ul><li>UK Armed Forces personnel’ includes UK Regular Forces, Gurkhas,
Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel and mobilised reservists.</li><li>Navy
figures include Service personnel from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="9"><p><ul><li>Service personnel deployed on the same operation across two
successive financial years are only counted once and against the earlier financial
year.</li><li>Earliest instance of deployment on Operation Cabrit was in FY 2016-17.</li><li>Deployment
data is derived from the Joint Personnel Administration `Move and Track` system.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="9"><p><ul><li>All figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in
5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Figures
below 5 denoted by ~, zero denoted by -.</li></ul></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ul><li>Totals
and sub-totals have been rounded separately and may not equal the sum of their rounded
parts.</li></ul></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
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