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Mr. Cohen
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all exercises in the Lanyard series for the last five years, giving the exercise location, the numbers and types of aircraft involved, and the numbers of personnel involved.
Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
Details of battalion size airborne exercises over the last five years in the United Kingdom are as follows:
| Year/month | Location | Airborne troops involved | Aircraft (all C130) |
| 1985 | |||
| January | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 8 |
| March | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 16 |
| April | Stanford TA | 850 | 8 |
| June | Stanford TA | 825 | 8 |
| July | Salisbury Plain TA | 1,400 | 16 |
| September | Stanford TA | 850 | 8 |
| October | Salisbury Plain TA | 825 | 8 |
| November | Otterburn TA | 1,600 | 15 |
| 1986 | |||
| February | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 15 |
| April | Salisbury Plain TA | 1,600 | 15 |
| June | Salisbury Plain TA | 825 | 6 |
| July | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 16 |
| October | Salisbury Plain TA | 1,600 | 16 |
| November | Scotland | 850 | 16 |
| 1987 | |||
| February | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 10 |
| April | Stanford TA | 825 | 4 |
| May | Otterburn TA | 825 | 17 |
| June | Stanford TA | 850 | 15 |
| July | Salisbury Plain TA | 1,600 | 15 |
| September | Sennybridge TA | 1,600 | 15 |
| November | Scotland | 1,600 | 15 |
| 1988 | |||
| May | Salisbury Plain TA | 825 | 15 |
| May | Otterburn TA | 825 | 15 |
| July | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 15 |
| October | Sennybridge TA | 850 | 15 |
| October/November | Stanford TA | 825 | 15 |
| 1989 | |||
| February | Salisbury Plain TA | 825 | 15 |
| June | Stanford TA/Scotland | 850 | 15 |
| July | Salisbury Plain TA | 1,600 | 15 |
| October | Otterburn TA | 1,600 | 15 |
| 1990 | |||
| April | Stanford TA/Scotland | 850 | 15 |
| May | Salisbury Plain TA | 850 | 15 |
| July | Stanford TA/Scotland | 850 | 15 |