Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-10-21.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) missions flown and (b) air strikes the armed forces have conducted within Iraqi territory in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
Mike Penning
From 1 October 2015 to 25 October 2016 the UK conducted 1,991 combat missions over Iraq. Broken down by month these are:
|
Typhoon FGR4 |
Tornado GR4 |
Reaper MQ9 |
|
|
2015 |
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|
October |
0 |
45 |
61 |
|
November |
0 |
52 |
62 |
|
December |
47 |
72 |
56 |
|
2016 |
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|
January |
48 |
72 |
74 |
|
February |
49 |
73 |
54 |
|
March |
55 |
53 |
55 |
|
April |
48 |
46 |
56 |
|
May |
51 |
52 |
66 |
|
June |
50 |
46 |
71 |
|
July |
51 |
44 |
66 |
|
August |
39 |
46 |
61 |
|
September |
33 |
44 |
63 |
|
October |
41 |
38 |
51 |
|
Total |
512 |
683 |
796 |
During 1 October 2015 – 25 October 2016 the UK has conducted a total of 784 airstrikes within Iraqi territory. These are detailed as follows:
|
2015 |
|
|
October |
18 |
|
November |
57 |
|
December |
86 |
|
2016 |
|
|
January |
97 |
|
February |
60 |
|
March |
67 |
|
April |
70 |
|
May |
69 |
|
June |
77 |
|
July |
44 |
|
August |
42 |
|
September |
51 |
|
October |
46 |
|
Total |
784 |
These strike numbers are constantly reviewed and updated by the Coalition to ensure records are as complete and as accurate as possible. As such, past and future statements regarding statistics may differ to those given here.
