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Jordan: Nuclear Submarines

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with authorities in (a) Aqaba and (b) Crete on incidents involving accidents to British nuclear submarines and their subsequent actions in response to those accidents; what plans were put into effect following these incidents by those authorities; and what equipment the Government made available to those authorities to deal with the incidents. [212339]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Following the recent grounding of HMS Superb, UK Ministry of Defence and Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials had discussions with the appropriate Jordanian and Greek authorities prior to HMS Superb’s visits to Aqaba and Crete. Support was received in both ports to conduct damage assessments.

Military Aircraft

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average age of the (a) C-130J and (b) C-130K will be in 2010. [211249]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: Of the current RAF Hercules fleet that are expected to be in service in 2010 the average age will be: C-130J—11 years and C-130K—42 years as at January 2010.

Military Exercises

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which training exercises were cancelled in 2007-08; and what percentage of all exercises this represents. [211973]

Mr. Bob Ainsworth: During the period 2007-08, 76 (10.5 per cent.) of the 722 training exercises scheduled in the Defence Exercise Programme were cancelled. The cancelled exercises are as follows:


19 Jun 2008 : Column 1097W
Name Start End

1

Batus Run 07-1

20 August 2007

8 September 2007

2

Bright Star 07/08

1 November 2007

14 November 2007

3

Coop Archer 07

11 June 2007

22 June 2007

4

Dapex 07

19 November 2007

23 November 2007

5

Dragons Nest 07

21 May 2007

27 May 2007

6

Ecadex 07

2 July 2007

10 July 2007

7

Fac(A) Trg 07

1 June 2007

14 June 2007

8

Frairex-1 07

21 May07

30 May 2007

9

Fwit 07

2 June 2007

15 June 2007

10

Green Flag West 08-4

20 February 2008

7 March 2008

11

Harding Flame 07-1

29 June 2007

13 July 2007

12

Harding Flame 07-2

17 September 2007

28 September 2007

13

Joint Venture 07/08

1 May 2007

31 May 2007

14

Jrtc 07-1

9 September 2007

17 September 2007

15

Jtfex 07

15 July 2007

25 July 2007

16

Lone Victor 07

3 August 2007

10 August 2007

17

Maple Flag 40-1

13 May 2007

25 May 2007

18

Maple Flag 40-3

11 June 2007

22 June 2007

19

Patriot 07

9 July 2007

22 July 2007

20

Red Flag 08-2.1

13 January 2008

26 January 2008

21

Red Flag 08-2.2

2 February 2008

15 February 2008

22

Snow Falcon 08

10 January 2008

25 January 2008

23

Spontex 08-1

12 March 2008

23 March 2008

24

Templar Forge 07-3

13 July 2007

30 July 2007

25

Tlp 07-4

6 August 2007

31 August 2007

26

Trident Fury 07

7 May 2007

18 May 2007

27

Uhlan Barbara 07

1 October 2007

7 October 2007

28

Virtual Flag 07-3

7 May 2007

18 May 2007

29

Volcanex 07

13 June 2007

22 June 2007

30

Wycombe Warrior 06-07 day 1

19 June 2007

21 June 2007

31

Coop Mako 07

1 September 2007

14 September 2007

32

Lemon Sole 1/07

16 April 2007

20 Apr 2007

33

Able Ally 07/08

1 November 2007

30 November 2007

34

Bald Eagle 07/08

1 April 2007

14 Apr 2007

35

Bass Rock 07/08

1 May 2007

15 May 2007

36

Britannia Way/Iberian Focus 07/08

1 April 2007

14 Apr 2007

37

Cobb Ring 07/08

14 October 2007

29 October 2007

38

Cossack Steppe (Cac 5-07/08)

1 April 2007

1 July 2007

39

Druids Dance 7-07/08

26 November 2007

16 December 2007

40

Druids Dance 9-07/08

18 February 2008

9 March 2008

41

Fingals Cave 07/08

1 May 2007

1 October 2007

42

Flying Rose 2-07/08

1 July 2007

31 July 2007

43

Global Kukri 07/08

19 November 2007

30 November 2007

44

Grand Prix 1-08/09

10 March 2008

26 Apr 2008

45

Grand Prix 2-07/08

26 October 2007

16 December 2007

46

Grand Prix 3-07/08

28 January 2008

20 March 2008

47

Lion Star 1-07/08

1 April 2007

14 Apr 2008

48

Lion Star 2-07/08

7 May 2007

21 May 2007

49

Lion Star 3-07/08

19 May 2007

2 June 2007

50

Lion Star 4-07/08

2 June 2007

16 June 2007

51

Lion Sun 1-07/08

18 April 2007

16 May 2007

52

Lion Sun 10-07/08

12 September 2007

10 October 2007

53

Lion Sun 11-07/08

19 September 2007

17 October 2007

54

Lion Sun 12-07/08

1 January 2008

29 February 2008

55

Lion Sun 13-07/08

1 January 2008

29 February 2008

56

Lion Sun 14-07/08

1 February 2008

31 March 2008

57

Lion Sun 2-07/08

25 April 2007

23 May 2007

58

Lion Sun 3-07/08

30 May 2007

27 June 2007

59

Lion Sun 4-07/08

20 June 2007

18 July 2007

60

Lion Sun 5-07/08

27 Jun 2007

25 July 2007

61

Lion Sun 6- 07/08

18 July 2007

15 August 2007

62

Lion Sun 7-07/08

25 July 2007

8 August 2007

63

Lion Sun 8-07/08

15 August 2007

12 September 2007

64

Lion Sun 9-07/08

22 August 2007

19 September 2007

65

Readiness Challenge 06/07

1 March 2007

1 Apr 2007

66

Romanian Express (Cac 7-07/08)

1 May 2007

1 October 2007

67

Cme/Cmx 07

11 September 2007

21 September 2007

68

Steadfast Nerve 07

2 May 2007

11 May 2007

69

1 Acc Wti 07

1 September 2007

23 September 2007

70

Bold Avenger 07

3 September 2007

14 September 2007

71

Jagged Flame 07-1

13 August 2007

26 August 2007

72

Lone Fin 08

5 March 2008

16 March 2008

73

Lone Frame 07

15 October 2007

28 October 2007

74

Maxeval 07

11 April 2007

13 May 2007

75

Opeval 07

5 September 2007

6 October 2007

76

Cyprus Forum 06

1 February 2007

30 Apr 2007


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