Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2021 to Question 12970 on Mali: Peacekeeping Operations, (a) how many cases of covid-19 among personnel involved in the UK Task Force in Mali resulted in hospitalisations (b) how many vaccines had been administered by 31 March 2021.

In relation to Service personnel deployed with the UK Task Force in Mali: there have been no COVID-19 cases that required hospitalisation; and by 31 March 2021, 100% of those eligible had received their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, and none had at that time received a second dose. Additionally, a small number of personnel received a COVID-19 vaccine in advance of their age group becoming eligible to avoid vaccine wastage.