Written question asked by Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative) on Wednesday, 8 March 2000, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 2000. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Monday, 13 March 2000 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the number of training parachute jumps undertaken by Army personnel in each of the past five years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Duncan Smith: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number of training parachute jumps undertaken by Army personnel in each of the past five years. [114255] Mr. Spellar: The total number of recorded parachute training jumps undertaken by Army personnel in the last five years is set out in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number of descents 1995 32,639 1996 29,558 1997 27,389 1998 27,385 1999 29,221 Total 146,192 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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