HC Deb 24 April 2002 vol 384 cc263-4W
Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the countries in which the British Army train on land which is also used for grazing. [49259]

Mr. Ingram

The British Army trains in many countries including the USA, Canada, Kenya, Botswana, Malaysia, Oman, Australia and New Zealand and across much of Europe. It is quite possible that many of the areas on which we train are also used for grazing, however this information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the terms of the agreement between the UK and Kenyan Governments under which British Army troops are regularly deployed to Kenya for training purposes. [49307]

Mr. Ingram

[holding answer 16 April 2002]: British Army deployments to Kenya are carried out under the terms of the memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of the United Kingdom and Kenya, which was renewed on 19 December 2001. The terms are confidential between ourselves and the Kenyans, and I am therefore withholding the information requested under Exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.