HC Deb 20 March 1997 vol 292 cc872-3W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those countries where loan service personnel were deployed in 1991. [20174]

Mr. Soames

According to available records, in 1991, British loan service personnel were deployed in the following countries:

  • Antigua
  • Australia
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Brunei
  • Colombia
  • Dominica
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Hong Kong
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • Namibia
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent
  • Swaziland
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe.

The full records of exercises involving British service personnel in 1991 are not available. According to available records, British service personnel exercised in, or with, forces from the following countries and dependent territories in 1991.

  • Ascension Island
  • Australia
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • 873
  • Botswana
  • Brunei
  • Canada
  • Colombia
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Falkland Islands
  • France
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Hawaii
  • Hong Kong
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia
  • Namibia
  • United Kingdom
  • Netherlands
  • Netherlands Antilles
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Portugal
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Thailand
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • turkey
  • UAE
  • United States.

In addition, UK forces exercised with the states of the regional security system and the West Indies guardship, as part of her routine deployment, would have exercised with many of the Caribbean countries and dependent territories.