§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the cost of the jungle training exercise in Brunei carried out between 1 April 1997 and 31 March 1998. [72791]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThis exercise was a sub-element of exercise Ocean Wave, which took place in the Gulf, Far East and Asian Pacific regions between 13 January and 28 August 1997 as stated on 26 February 1999,Official Report, column 471. The cost of the jungle training exercise was £572,000, excluding the cost of spares and ammunition consumed during the exercise, and also excluding transport costs, as the unit were already deployed in the area as part of exercise Ocean Wave.