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Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Regular reservists and (b) Army Reservists were called up to support Operation Telic in each year between 2002-03 and 2011-12. [208249]
Mr Brazier, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves: The number of Reservists mobilised in support of Operation Telic is not held in the format requested, it is held by Operation.
The numbers are provided in the table.
| Operation | Date | Regular Reserve | Army Reserve |
| Telic 1 | February 2003-June 03 | 250 | 3,610 |
| Telic 2 | July 2003-October 2003 | 20 | 2,050 |
| Telic 3 | November 2003-April 2004 | 20 | 980 |
| Telic 4 | May 04-October 2004 | 40 | 1,530 |
| Telic 5 | November 2004-April 2005 | 30 | 710 |
| Telic 6 | May 05-October 2005 | 50 | 660 |
| Telic 7 | November 2005-April 2006 | 110 | 500 |
| Telic 8 | May 06-October 2006 | 120 | 320 |
| Telic 9 | November 2006-April 2007 | 50 | 320 |
| Telic 10 | May 07-October 2007 | 20 | 200 |
| Telic 11 | November 2007-April 2008 | 10 | 290 |
| Telic 12 | June 2008-November 2008 | - | 230 |
| Telic 13 | November 2008-May 2009 | - | 30 |
| ‘-’ Zero or rounded to zero. Note: Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. | |||