Written question asked by Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party) on Wednesday, 8 July 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 July 2015. It was answered by Penny Mordaunt (Conservative) on Tuesday, 14 July 2015 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Nigeria

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many short-term training teams have been deployed to Nigeria to assist in tackling Boko Haram; and how many permanent UK military personnel are based in that country.

Answer: Since the London Ministerial summit on Nigeria in June 2014, the Ministry of Defence has deployed 16 short term training teams to Nigeria to assist the Nigerian armed forces. Currently nine UK military personnel are permanently deployed within the British High Commission, in the Defence Section and the British Military Advisory and Training Team. We also have a small team deployed within the international Intelligence fusion cell in Abuja working alongside Nigerian and international partners.

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