Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September to Question 47352 on Undocumented Migrants: English Channel, how many Armed Forces personnel have been involved in Operation Isotrope each month since its inception.

The number of Service personnel (SP) involved in Op ISOTROPE per month is provided in the table below, with the average number of personnel across the ten month period being 187. The number of personnel peaked at 256 personnel in summer and followed a gradual reduction in personnel numbers in line with levels of activity, and has been maintained at 164 since September.