HC Deb 16 February 1998 vol 306 cc482-4W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list exercises by British forces outside Europe in 1997 by country and by participants. [29448]

Dr. Reid

I cannot provide a complete answer to this question since some information could, if disclosed, cause harm to defence, security and international relations. I am therefore withholding certain details under exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. Furthermore, exercises vary considerably in scale and full central records of all activity in which our forces have been engaged are not available. However, we do not have records of the more significant exercises, and details of British participation in exercises is given, by area, in the table. This table also includes details of the participating UK service and, where information is available, any overseas participants other than the host country. Where we have records that the host nation did not participate, this is indicated:

Area UK participant Foreign participant (other than host)
Belize Army UK only
Kenya Army UK only
Kenya Army UK only
USA Army
Belize Army UK only
Oman RAF
USA RAF
Falklands RN UK only
Kenya Army UK only
Belize Army UK only
USA Army
Canada Army
Gulf RN US, UAE
Kenya Army UK only
Kenya Army UK only
Area UK participant Foreign participant (other than host)
Kenya Army UK only
Canada RAF
Brunei RN/RM
Belize Army UK only
Carribean RN/RM Barbados, Belize,GuyanaGrenada, Jamaica,St. LuciaTrinidad and Tabago,USA
Carribean RN
Gulf RN
South China Sea RN Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand
Canada RAF
Gulf RN
Gulf RN
Kuwait RM
Canada RAF
Gulf RN US, Bahrain
USA RM
Belize Army UK only
Gulf RN
Canada Army
USA Army
USA Army
Canada Army UK only
USA RAF
Canada RAF
Falklands Joint services UK only
Canada RN
USA RM
USA RAF
USA RM
Canada Army
USA Army
Qatar/Pakistan Joint services
Canada Army
Canada Army
USA Army
USA Army
Australia RN US
USA RAF
Gulf RN US, France
Canada Army UK only
Canada Army
Belize Army UK only
Canada RAF
Canada RAF
Canada RAF
USA Joint services
Canada RAF
Canada RAF
Canada Army UK only
Canada Army UK only
Brunei Army
Gulf RN
Canada RAF
Canada RAF
Oman Army UK only
Belize Army UK only
USA RAF
Canada RAF
South China Sea RN Australia, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore
Canada Army
Jordan Army
Canada RAF
Falklands Joint services UK only
New Zealand Army Australia, Malaysia, Singapore
Brunei RM
Canada RAF
Area UK participant Foreign participant Area UK participant (other than host)
Egypt Army US
Kenya Army UK only
Belize Army UK only
Jordan RM
Kuwait Joint services
Mid East RAF
Red Sea RN UK only
Gulf RN US, UAE
Red Sea RN Germany
Gulf RN Germany, Italy
Gulf RN France
Indian Ocean RN Pakistan
Indian Ocean RN India
Bay Bengal RN US, Canada
Indian Ocean RN Thailand
Indian Ocean RN Brunei
South China Sea RN Indonesia
Gulf of Aden RN France
Pacific RN Australia
Pacific RN Australia
South China Sea RN Korea
Pacific RN Australia
South China Sea RN South Korea
Pacific RN New Zealand
South China Sea RN South Korea
South China Sea RN Japan
Pacific RN Australia
Indian Ocean RN Australia
Indian Ocean RN Australia
Indian Ocean RN France
Brunei RM
Singapore RM
Thailand RM
Malaysia RM
Zimbabwe RM
South Africa RM
Egypt RAF/Army
USA RAF
Malaysia/Australia RAF Singapore
Oman RAF/RN
USA RAF
India RAF
Jordan RAF
Canada RAF