Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which British Army regiments have trained in Kenya since 2012; and on what dates that training took place.
The table below shows the Army units which have trained in British Army Training Unit Kenya (BATUK) between 2019 – March 2024. Due to a change in information technology systems and the way in which records are held, data prior to 2019 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Exercise date | Unit |
Feb – Mar 24 | 3rd Battalion, The Rifles |
Oct – Nov 23 | 1st Battalion, The Grenadier Guards |
Jun – Jul 23 | 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment |
Mar – Apr 23 | 1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards |
Oct – Nov 22 | 1st Battalion, The Rifles |
Mar – Apr 22 | 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment |
Oct – Nov 21 | 2nd Battalion, The Rifles |
Feb – Mar 21 | 2nd Battalion, The Mercian Regiment |
Mar – Apr 20 | 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland |
Jan – Mar 20 | 3rd Battalion, The Parachute Regiment |
Oct – Nov 19 | 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland 1st Battalion, The Coldstream Guards |
May – Jun 19 | 2nd Battalion, The Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment 1st Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland 2nd Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment 4th Battalion, The Rifles |
Feb – Mar 19 | 2nd Battalion, The Rifles |
Jan – Feb 19 | 1st Battalion, The Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment |