§ Ms CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fatalities occurred during static line training between 1970 and 1990; how many of them were head injury cases; and how many were reservists or Territorial Army members.
§ Mr. HanleyThere were five fatalities during the course of military static line training between 1970 and 1990, one of which resulted from injuries to the head. Four of these fatalities involved reservists or members of the territorial army.
§ Ms CorstonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths there were at the military training drop zone at West-on-the Green in the period 1978 to 1983; and what were the dates of each incident.
§ Mr. HanleyThere were four fatal accidents in the course of military parachute training at the drop zone at Weston-on-the-Green during the period 1978 to 1983. These occurred on 30 March 1978, 13 June 1978, 20 June 1979 and 16 September 1981. Static line parachute jumps were being performed in all four cases.