HC Deb 24 March 1999 vol 328 cc308-9W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many joint training exercises were conducted by the Army with other countries in the past year; and which countries they were. [78119]

Mr. Doug Henderson

Seventeen training exercises have been conducted to date by the Army with other countries in the current financial year, involving personnel from the following countries:

  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belgium
  • Botswana
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hungary
  • Italy
    • 309
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Latvia
  • Luxembourg
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Romania
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • USA.

Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel were deployed on the jungle training exercises in Brunei carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [76608]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The number of Royal Marine Command personnel deployed was 2,390 all ranks. In addition, 860 Gurkhas from the battalion in Burnei and 558 members of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces participated in the exercise.