Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Marines personnel were deployed in the (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14, (iii) 2014-15, (iv) 2015-16 and (v) 2016-17 financial years.

The Naval Service deploys away from the United Kingdom throughout the year, to areas such as the Gulf region, the Mediterranean, and the North and South Atlantic in support of UK operations. In addition, operations are also conducted in the UK and home waters. Over the last two years, personnel from 3 Commando Brigade deployed three times on humanitarian aid and disaster relief related operations overseas.

The table below shows the number of personnel from 42 Commando, 40 Commando, and 45 Commando Royal Marines who have been deployed overseas in the last two years.

Deployment refers to Military personnel who are deployed on operations for a period of 24 hours or more, excluding all personnel on overseas training excercises and those whose permanent stationed location is outside the UK.

Notes:

1. Includes only personnel who have been deployed outside of Great Britain.

2. Each individual is counted once per financial year even though they may have been deployed multiple times during that period.

The table below shows the number of occasions personnel from 42 Commando, 40 Commando, and 45 Commando Royal Marines have been deployed overseas in the last two years.

The table below shows the number of Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel who were deployed in the years requested.

Notes:

1. The figures do not include Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel conducting operations in home waters.

2. Each individual is counted once per financial year even though they may have been deployed multiple times during that period.