Diver Mist (Hansard, 29 April 1994)

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement about Exercise Diver Mist;
(2) which parts of the final exercise evaluation report of Exercise Diver Mist will be made public.

§ Mr. Hanley
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent (Mr. Smith) on 25 April,Official Report, columns 84–85.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total financial cost to Her Majesty's Government of Exercise Diver Mist; and from which subheads of which votes these costs were taken.

§ Mr. Hanley
The costs attributable to exercise Diver Mist are not separately identified within departmental budgets and the information requested could therefore only be provided at disproportionate cost.

§ Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) British and (b) United States personnel were involved in Exercise Diver Mist.

§ Mr. Hanley
Approximately 700 British and 800 United States personnel were involved in Exercise Diver Mist at the site at Barnham in Suffolk.