Nepal: Military Bases
(asked on 13th January 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK armed forces personnel have been stationed in Nepal in every year since 2021.
The information requested by the right hon. Member for the years 2021 and 2022 can be found in the following table:
Country | Year | Number of Personnel (Full time Service Personnel only) |
Singapore | 2021 | 10 |
2022 | 10 | |
Brunei | 2021 | 160 |
2022 | 160 | |
Nepal | 2021 | 20 |
2022 | 20 | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | 2021 | 40 |
2022 | 40 | |
Oman | 2021 | 80 |
2022 | 70 | |
Qatar | 2021 | 10 |
2022 | 30 |
The figures are provided as at 1 April of each year. Figures for 2023 are not yet available and we can provide an update to the Member when these become ready.
Notes:
UK Regulars comprise Full time Service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel.
Figures in this table have been rounded to the nearest 10, though numbers ending in a “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent the systematic bias caused by always rounding numbers upwards.