§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the(a) date, (b) participating units, (c) timing, (d) nature of exercise and (e) total cost of exercise, were for each exercise involving British armed forces, originally planned for BATUS in Canada during this financial year; and if each exercise is still scheduled to take place. [62229]
Date shinings Exercise Partcipating units Timings(prairie days) Nature of exercise Expected cost of exercise1 (£ million) 16 April 2002 to 23 May 2002 Exercise MEDMAN 1 Scots Dragoon Guards Battlegroup 23 April 2002 to 17 May 2002 (25 days) Battlegroup all arms live fire and simulation exercise 8.3 23 May 2002 to 27 June 2002 Exercise MEDMAN 2 1 Black Watch 28 May 2002 to 21 June 2002 (25 days) Battlegroup all arms live fire and simulation exercises 8.3 27 June 2(102 to 3 August 2002 Exercise MEDMAN 3 1 Royal Regiment of Fusiliers Battlegroup 2 July 2002 to 26 July 2002 (25 days) Battlegroup all arms live fire and simulation exercises 8.3 3 August 2002 to 21 October 2002 Exercise IRON ANVIL 02 19 (Mechanised) Brigade 24 August 2002 to 8 October 2002 (46 days) The Exercise consists of MEDMAN 4 and MEDMAN 5. — (Includes Exercises MEDMAN 4 and MEDMAN 5 19 Brigade Headquarters For 2 Royal Tank Regiment and I Kings Battlegroup and Brigade all arms live fire and simulation exercises. 2 Royal Tank Regiment 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers join for the Brigade level exercise to allow 19 Mechanised Brigade to exercise with 3 manoeuvre Battle Groups under command. 1 Kings Battlegroup 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers 40 Regiment Royal Artillery 38 Engineer Regiment 5 Battalion Royal Electrical Mechanical Engineers 29 Regiment Royal Logistic Corp 1Costs are calculated by dividing the total BATUS resource consumption by the number of MEDICINE MAN Exercises. (Exercise IRON ANVIL equates to approximately 2 MEDICINE MAN exercises).