HC Deb 08 March 1999 vol 327 c36W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel were deployed on the airborne exercise in Ukraine carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [72924]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The airborne exercise COSSACK STEPPE, involving troops from the UK, Poland and Ukraine, took place in Ukraine in September 1997. The UK contribution was a company (approximately 130 personnel) from the 2nd Battalion, the Parachute Regiment.