To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) name, (b) date and (c) location was of each EU military training exercise in which British military personnel have taken part since 2004; and how many British military personnel participated in each. (183509)

EU policy is that it will only conduct Command Post Exercises, practising its Command and Control arrangements. British military personnel have taken part in two such exercises since 2004:

MILEX 05, which took place from 22 November-1 December 2005 in Mt. Valerien in France, where five British military augmentees participated, and in Ulm, Germany, where two British military augmentees participated.

MILEX 07, which took place from 7-15 June 2007 in Brussels, where one British military augmentee participated and in Enkoping, Sweden, where one British military augmentee participated.