Craig Whittaker – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Craig Whittaker on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many members of the British armed forces are currently stationed in each of the UK’s overseas territories.
Penny Mordaunt
There are 2,570 British Service personnel permanently based in British Overseas Territories. This figure includes those based in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus, Gibraltar, the South Atlantic Islands and British Indian Ocean Territory (including Diego Garcia). It excludes those deployed on operations. The breakdown of these figures is shown below. The Ministry of Defence regularly publishes the location figures for both military and civilian personnel, which can be accessed on the GOV.UK website.
|
UK Overseas Territory |
Number of Armed Forces Personnel Stationed |
|
Cyprus (SBA) |
2,290 |
|
Gibraltar |
160 |
|
South Atlantic Islands |
80 |
|
British Indian Ocean Territory (including Diego Garcia) |
40 |
|
TOTAL |
2,570 |
(Location of UK regular service and civilian personnel quarterly statistics – 1 January 2016)
