Middle East: Armed Forces
(asked on 26th February 2024) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many armed forces personnel are (a) stationed in and (b) deployed to the Middle East.
This question was answered on 29th February 2024
There are approximately 300 Service personnel stationed; and approximately 2,100 Service personnel deployed on operations in the Middle East.
On any given date these figures can vary due to routine force rebalancing, rest and recuperation periods and relief in place.