Exercises (Hansard, 18 March 1999)

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which countries had armed forces involved in the armoured battlegroup exercises in Canada carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [76609]

§ Mr. Doug Henderson
The armed forces of the United Kingdom only were involved in the exercises.

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the cost of, and how many personnel were deployed on, the NATO joint exercise in South Africa carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [76592]
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§ Mr. Doug Henderson
There were no NATO joint exercises in South Africa between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998.

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which countries had armed forces involved in the infantry battalion exercises in Kenya carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [76610]

§ Mr. Doug Henderson
The Armed Forces of the United Kingdom took part in the infantry battalion exercises in Kenya carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. Each of the exercises deployed with a Kenyan liaison officer, who was attached for all or part of the exercise.

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel were deployed on the brigade exercise in Poland carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [76612]

§ Mr. Doug Henderson
Exercise ULAN EAGLE, which took place at the Drawko-Pomorskie training area in North East Poland in October 1997, was a British Army exercise undertaken by 20^th Armoured Brigade and it involved 3,518 personnel.

§ Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the cost of the jungle training exercise in Thailand carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [72984]

§ Mr. Doug Henderson
[holding answer 2 March 1999]This exercise was a sub-element of exercise Ocean Wave, which took place in the Gulf, Far East and Asia Pacific regions between 13 January and 28 August 1997, see parliamentary answer, 26 February 1999,Official Report, column 471. The additional costs separately identifiable for the jungle training exercise in Thailand were £27,000, which were included in the overall cost of exercise Ocean Wave.