Written question asked by Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) on Wednesday, 7 June 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 June 2000. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 June 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the (a) Army, (b) Navy, (c) RAF and (d) TA exercises cancelled for budgetary reasons in (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01. - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Duncan Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the (a) Army, (b) Navy, (c) RAF and (d) TA exercises cancelled for budgetary reasons in (i) 1999-2000 and (ii) 2000-01. [125707] Dr. Moonie: The following table sets out the Royal Navy exercises cancelled for budgetary reasons in the specified period. No Army, RAF or TA exercises have been cancelled for budgetary reasons during 1999-2000. No Navy, Army, RAF or TA exercises planned to take place during financial year 2000-01 have been cancelled (or are expected to be cancelled) for budgetary reasons. RN exercises cancelled due to budgetary reasons--FY 1999-2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Serial/name of exercise Dates 1 FLOTEX (Flotilla Exercise) November 1999 2 CADENCE BRAKE (Royal Marine winter driving training in Norway November 1999 (precursor to serial 4)) 3 ASWEX 2000 (Ship, Submarine, Helicopter Anti-submarine warfare January 2000 exercise) 4 Royal Marine Winter Deployment (Arctic warfare training in January 2000 Norway) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 352 c132W; 125707
Session: 1999-00
Subjects: Armed forces Army Air force Finance Navy Territorial Army Military exercises
Contains statistics: Yes
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