To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many UK personnel have served in UN peacekeeping missions in each year since 2019.
Answered on
12 January 2024
Since 2019, the UK has contributed to the following UN Peacekeeping missions: MINUSMA (Mali), MONUSCO(DRC), UNFICYP(Cyprus), UNIFIL(Lebanon), UNMISS (South Sudan), UNSMIL(Libya), UNSOM(Somalia).
The total number of UK personnel who have served on these missions in each year since 2019 is outlined below.
2019: 2,284
2020: 1,115
2021: 1,844
2022: 1,978
2023: 1,211
The figures provided capture those directly employed on the UN Missions. Where the UK deployed at Unit level and above, the figures also include those who served as part of the National Support Element.
The figures do not include the UK troops training and mentoring partner forces in advance of their deployment on UN operations.