eam to Indonesia to join aid efforts after Wednesday's earthquake.The specially trained personnel will fly to Padang with plastic sheeting, medical and water purifying equipment.
The 7.6-magnitude tremor struck the island of Sumatra, killing at least 770 people and injuring 2,400.
A number of UK groups are preparing aid efforts after the quake and a tsunami in the South Pacific on Tuesday.
Rescue workers in the Samoan islands and Tonga continue to search for survivors of the tsunami, which killed at least 149 people.
Details of the Department for International Development team, which will fly from London's Gatwick airport to Indonesia early on Friday, are still being finalised.
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