Infantry Deployment (Hansard, 30 June 2003)

§ Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which infantry regiments were deployed on Operation(a) Joint Guardian, (b) Essential Harvest, (c) Palliser, (d) Fingal, (e) Veritas and (f) Telic. [120874]

§ Mr. Ingram
The information requested is set out as follows:
Operation Veritas is the overarching operational name given to Operations in Afghanistan, encompassing Operations Oracle, Jacana, and Fingal. No infantry battalions were deployed on either Operations Oracle or Jacana, and the infantry regiments de cloyed on Operation Fingal are detailed separately.
Operation Joint Guardian

1 Battalion The Irish Guards

1 Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment

1 Battalion The Parachute Regiment

2 Battalion The Royal Green Jackets

2 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

1 Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

1 Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

1 Battalion The Black Watch

1 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales

1 Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

1 Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment

1 Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment¹

Operation Essential Harvest

2 Battalion The Parachute Regiment

Operation Palliser

1 Battalion The Parachute Regiment

Operation Fingal

2 Battalion The Parachute Regiment

1 Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

2 Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

Operation Telic

1 Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

1 Battalion The Black Watch

1 Battalion The Duke of Wellington's Regiment

1 Battalion The Parachute Regiment

3 Battalion The Parachute Regiment

1 Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment

1 Battalion Irish Guards¹

I Battalion Light Infantry¹

¹Company level only.

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§ Mr. Jenkin
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which infantry regiments have undertaken BATUS training exercises in each of the past five years. [120876]

§ Mr. Ingram
The infantry units that have trained in BATUS during the last five years are listed as follows:
1998

1^st Battalion The Green Howards

1^st Battalion Irish Guards

1999

2^nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

2000

C Company, 1^st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment

C Company, 1^st Battalion The Royal Highland Fusiliers

1^st Battalion The Queen's Lancashire Regiment

2^nd Battalion The Parachute Regiment

2001

1^st Battalion Irish Guards

1^st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment

1^st Battalion Welsh Guards

2002

1^st Battalion The Black Watch

1^st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

1^st Battalion The Kings Regiment

1^st Battalion The King's Own Scottish Borderers

2003

1^st Battalion The Light Infantry

1^st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Wales

1^st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment (Queen's and Royal Hampshire)

1^st Battalion The Cheshire Regiment