Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many servicemen have served in Iraq for the qualifying period for receiving the Iraq service medal; and how many such medals have been awarded to servicemen. [68504]
Mr. Watson: The information is not held in the format requested. However, as at 28 April 2006, 107,197 applications for the Iraq medal had been received from service personnel. Of these, 105,064 have been found eligible. 100,930 medals have been despatched and 4,134 are awaiting engraving and despatch.
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