The DLO is committed to reducing its costs by 20 per cent. We continue to value the significant contribution which the reserve forces make to operations in the Balkans. The reserves have consistently provided between 10 and 14 per cent. Currently, reservists represent some 13 per cent. Friend's constituency have volunteered for service in the Balkans since July 1998.
All figures are in respect of regular armed forces personnel.
Information in respect of the number of personnel who have left the armed forces as a result of injuries sustained in Kosovo and Bosnia is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. In 1998-99 there were 2,307 contracts awarded for repair activities. To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to assist those involved in humanitarian de-mining. I refer my hon. Friends to the answer I gave to my hon.