AFGHANISTAN
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many (a) Regular reservists and (b) Army Reservists were called up to support Operation Herrick in each financial year between 2002-03 and 2013-14; [208251] (2) how many (a) Regular reservists and (b) Army Reservists are supporting Operation Herrick. [208250]
Mr Brazier, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Reserves: The number of Reservists mobilised in support of Operation Herrick is not held in the format requested, it is held by Operation. The numbers are provided in the following table.
| Operation | Date | Regular Reserve | Army Reserve |
| Herrick 4 | May 2006 – November 2006 | 10 | 342 |
| Herrick 5 | November 2006 – April 2007 | 10 | 186 |
| Herrrick 6 | April 2007 – October 2007 | 10 | 456 |
| Herrrick 7 | October 2007 – April 2008 | 20 | 775 |
| Herrrick 8 | April 2008 – October 2008 | 30 | 713 |
| Herrrick 9 | October 2008 – April 2009 | * | 551 |
| Herrrick 10 | April 2009 – October 2009 | * | 569 |
| Herrrick 11 | October 2009 – April 2010 | 10 | 296 |
| Herrrick 12 | April 2010 – October 2010 | 10 | 725 |
| Herrrick 13 | October 2010 – April 2011 | * | 615 |
| Herrrick 14 | April 2011 – October 2011 | 10 | 449 |
| Herrrick 15 | October 2011 – April 2012 | * | 680 |
| Herrrick 16 | April 2012 – October 2012 | * | 477 |
| Herrrick 17 | October 2012 – April 2013 | * | 621 |
| Herrrick 18 | April 2013 – October 2013 | * | 606 |
| Herrrick 19 | October 2013 – June 2014 | * | 475 |
| ‘*’ = zero or rounded to zero. Notes: 1, There are currently Regular Reservists and 320 Army Reservists mobilised in support of Herrick 20, (June 2014 – December 2014). 2. Figures have been rounded to 10; numbers ending in 5 are rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. | |||