§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the deployments of naval vessels off the coast of Ayrshire and naval aircraft in Ayrshire on 31 January, indicating what types and numbers of craft were involved, the reasons for their deployment and the costs of the deployments. [16334]
§ Mr. SoamesThere were two separate training activities which involved naval vessels being off the Ayrshire coast on 31 January. The first was UK mine counter measures group training consisting of four Hunt class MCM vessels. The second involved the NATO standing naval force channel conducting training independent of the UK group and this included the use of one UK MCM vessel with one coastal survey vessel in support. MCM operations off the Ayrshire coast are part of normal Royal Navy activity and all costs were fully contained within the annual training budget. No additional costs were incurred.
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