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Written question asked by Jim Murphy (Labour) on Monday, 18 March 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 20 March 2013. It was answered by Lord Robathan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

British Overseas Territories

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian and military personnel from his Department are based in (a) Anguilla, (b) Bermuda, (c) British Antarctic Territory, (d) British Indian Ocean Territory, (e) British Virgin Islands, (f) Cayman Islands, (g) Falkland Islands, (h) Gibraltar, (i) Montserrat, (j) Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, (k) St Helena and St Helena Dependencies (Ascension and Tristan da Cunha), (l) South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, (m) Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia and (n) the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Answer

The military and civilian personnel based in the Overseas Territories in March 2013 are shown in the following table:

Overseas Territories
 Military personnel
 Civilian personnel
British Indian Ocean Territory
 41
 0
Falkland Islands
 1,050
 47
Gibraltar
 420
 580
Ascension Island
 28
 0
British Forces Cyprus including Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia
 2,750
 1,650

The civilian personnel figure includes locally employed civilian personnel.

The military figures may vary from published statistics as personnel change location or are deployed on operations. Figures above 100 have been rounded down to the nearest 10.

There are no military and or Ministry of Defence civilian personnel serving in the following regions Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands,

Montserrat, Pitcairn; Henderson; Ducie and Oeno Islands, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia South Sandwich Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
149250; 561 cc810-1W
Session
2012-13
Subjects
Armed forces British overseas territories Staff Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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