Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Thursday, 26 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 March 2004. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 March 2004 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many British military exercises have taken place in Kenya in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) number of troops involved and (b) length of exercise. - Including table.

Answer: Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British military exercises have taken place in Kenya in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) number of troops involved and (b) length of exercise. [158035] Mr. Ingram: The details of British military exercises that have taken place in Kenya over the last five years; broken down by the number of participating troops and length of the exercise are shown in the following table: Army _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Exercise Grand Prix1 Mono Prix2 Sharp Point 3 Pineapple4 Oakapple5 Crabapple6 1999 3 1 1 1 1 1 2000 3 1 1 1 1 1 2001 3 1 1 1 1 1 2002 2 1 1 1 1 1 2003 2 0 0 1 0 1 Total number of 13 4 4 5 4 5 exercises Duration of each 6 6 6 6 6 6 exercise (weeks) Approximate number of 700 140 140 120 140 45 personnel involved in each _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 A battalion exercise 2 A company exercise 3 A squadron level primary healthcare exercise 4 A squadron level explosive ordnance clearance exercise 5 A squadron level engineer construction exercise 6 A troop level engineer construction exercise

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