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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Campbell-Savours: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list for 1991 those countries (a) where British service personnel categorised as loan service personnel were based and (b) in which training exercises took place involving British service personnel. [19914] Mr. Soames: According to available records, in 1991 British loan service personnel were deployed in the following countries: Antigua Australia Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Brunei Colombia Dominica Fiji Gambia Ghana Grenada Hong Kong Jordan Kenya Lesotho Malaysia Mauritius Namibia New Zealand Nigeria Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore St. Lucia St. Vincent Swaziland Turks and Caicos Islands United Arab Emirates Zimbabwe The full records of exercises involving British service personnel in 1991 are not available. According to available records, British service personnel exercised in or with forces from the following countries and dependent territories in 1991: Ascension Island Australia Bahamas Bahrain Belgium Belize Bermuda Botswana Brunei Canada Colombia Cyprus Denmark Dominica Falkland Islands France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hawaii Hong Kong Italy Jamaica Jordan Kenya Kuwait Luxembourg Malaysia Namibia Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Zealand Norway Oman Portugal Saudi Arabia Singapore Spain Sweden Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Turkey UAE United Kingdom United States In addition, UK forces exercised with the states of the regional security system and the West Indies Guardship, as part of her routine deployment, would have exercised with many of the Caribbean countries and dependent territories.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

19914; 292 c507-10W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Training Countries