Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Royal Air Force sorties there have been over Iraq in the last three weeks; how many of them have resulted in the deployment of ordnance; and what the assessed results of such deployments have been.

From 8 October to 29 October 2014, the total number of sorties (individual flights by individual aircraft, alone or as part of a mission group) flown over Iraq by all UK military aircraft including Tornado GR4, Air-Air Refuelling aircraft, C-130 transport aircraft and Reaper/Rivet Joint surveillance aircraft was 109. The total number of missions was 46. Of these, the number of missions involving deployment of ordnance was four. Analysis indicates that all four engagements were successful.