Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Chinook helicopters, (b) personnel and (c) other assets were involved in Operation Safe Haven; and when that operation finished.

UK forces were deployed to Northern Iraq in 1991 in support of Operation Safe Haven. These forces included:

Twelve Chinook helicopters based at Diyarbakir Air Base in Turkey and
at its peak, approximately, 4,000 UK service personnel in Turkey and Northern Iraq.

3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines was deployed. In addition to helicopter support, three RAF C-130 aircraft were also deployed. The last Coalition land forces related to this operation withdrew from Northern Iraq on 16 July 1991.