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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list countries which have sent military personnel to the United Kingdom for military training in each of the last three years; and how many personnel were sent in each case. [209919] Mr. Caplin: During the last three years more than 12,000 overseas military personnel, from 137 countries, have been trained at UK military establishments. A full breakdown of the numbers trained, by country, is in the following table. Overseas military personnel trained in the UK _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Students trained Country 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Total Afghanistan -- -- 7 7 Albania 5 5 7 17 Algeria -- 4 8 12 Angola 2 -- 2 4 Antigua and Barbuda 2 1 1 4 Argentina 4 6 8 18 Armenia 2 -- 3 5 Australia 83 62 48 193 Austria 52 35 61 148 Azerbaijan 2 2 4 8 Bahamas 4 1 2 7 Bahrain 30 44 34 108 Bangladesh 146 164 6 316 Barbados 3 4 3 10 Belgium 84 105 95 284 Belize 21 15 13 49 Bermuda 18 21 15 54 Bhutan -- -- 2 2 Bolivia -- 1 2 3 Bosnia -- 1 -- 1 Botswana 7 8 5 20 Brazil 8 7 12 27 Brunei 133 65 56 254 Bulgaria 12 12 12 36 Canada 191 176 140 507 Chile 54 581 30 665 China 22 32 8 62 Colombia 1 5 5 11 Croatia 4 4 7 15 Czech (Republic) 60 29 17 106 Denmark 29 35 83 147 Ecuador -- -- 1 1 Egypt 13 11 9 33 Eritrea -- -- 2 2 Estonia 10 13 9 32 Ethiopia 1 5 4 10 Falkland Islands -- -- 3 3 Fiji 1 2 3 6 Finland 8 18 6 32 France 74 500 144 718 Gambia -- 3 2 5 Georgia 5 6 1 12 Germany 78 96 78 252 Ghana 15 -- 9 24 Greece 48 51 59 158 Grenada 1 -- -- 1 Guatemala 6 3 2 11 Guyana 5 6 3 14 Honduras 4 2 -- 6 Hong Kong 1 5 4 10 Hungary 23 26 17 66 Iceland -- -- 2 2 India 11 18 40 69 Indonesia -- 4 2 6 Iraq -- 20 10 30 Ireland 62 107 36 205 Israel 4 2 4 10 Italy 60 90 143 293 Ivory Coast -- -- 1 1 Jamaica 22 19 19 60 Japan 4 4 6 14 Jordan 90 69 23 182 Kazakhstan -- 3 4 7 Kenya 25 27 22 74 Korea 2 2 2 6 Kosovo 64 -- -- 64 Kuwait 258 420 343 1,021 Kyrghistan 1 2 -- 3 Latvia 11 22 8 41 Lebanon -- 7 4 11 Libya -- -- 1 1 Lithuania 12 26 19 57 Luxembourg 1 2 1 4 Macedonia 11 7 2 20 Malawi 1 2 2 5 Malaysia 58 24 47 129 Malta 1 2 5 8 Mauritania 2 -- -- 2 Mauritius 5 6 7 18 Mexico 4 1 -- 5 Moldova 2 1 3 6 Morocco 2 7 8 17 Mozambique -- 1 2 3 Namibia 2 2 -- 4 Nepal 37 19 24 80 Netherlands 277 265 193 735 New Zealand 29 24 23 76 Nigeria 24 20 15 59 Norway 297 326 278 901 Oman 146 204 168 518 Pakistan 56 31 61 148 Panama -- -- 1 1 Papua New Guinea 1 -- -- 1 Paraguay 2 -- -- 2 Peru -- -- 2 2 Philippines 8 10 8 26 Poland 14 14 18 46 Portugal 82 44 14 140 Qatar 60 46 70 176 Romania 17 24 33 74 Russia 19 8 12 39 Saudi Arabia 75 75 121 271 Senegal 3 11 4 18 Serbia and Montenegro 1 1 7 9 Sierra Leone 8 20 6 34 Singapore 80 57 61 198 Slovakia 26 18 26 70 Slovenia 4 14 3 21 South Africa 20 21 13 54 Spain 12 11 8 31 Sri Lanka 2 4 1 7 St. Christopher/Nevis -- 1 -- 1 St. Vincent -- 1 1 2 Sudan -- -- 1 1 Swaziland -- 1 -- 1 Sweden 34 65 36 135 Switzerland 11 9 3 23 Syria 3 4 3 10 Tajikistan -- -- 1 1 Tanzania 4 5 5 14 Thailand 25 10 12 47 Tonga -- -- 2 2 Trinidad and Tobago 32 28 4 64 Tunisia -- 3 6 9 Turkey 36 47 27 110 Turkmenistan -- -- 1 1 Uganda 2 6 11 19 Ukraine 18 21 13 52 United Arab Emirates 86 128 332 546 Uruguay -- 1 1 2 USA 224 343 121 688 Uzbekistan 1 7 10 18 Venezuela -- -- 4 4 Vietnam 2 -- 2 4 Yemen 8 7 26 41 Yugoslavia 1 4 -- 5 Zambia -- 2 1 3 Total 3,774 5,029 3,611 12,414 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

209919; 430 c780-2W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Armed forces Training Military aid

Contains statistics

Yes

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