Written question asked by Stephen Doughty (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 February 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 February 2021 (named day). It was answered by James Heappey (Conservative) on Monday, 22 February 2021 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Africa: Armed Forces

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2021 to Question 149770 on Africa: Armed Forces, how many armed forces personnel the UK trained from those countries listed in that Answer in (a) their country of origin and (b) a third country other than the UK.

Answer: Since 2017/18 we have provided training places on UK-based courses to six military personnel from Ethiopia, 51 from Ghana, 14 from Mali, 244 from Nigeria, one from Somalia, 26 from South Africa, two from Tanzania, and 28 from Uganda. At this time we are unable to provide data on training delivered overseas because records are not centralised.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 152536
Session: 2019-21
Related items: Africa: Armed Forces
Wednesday, 10 February 2021
Written questions
House of Commons; Africa: Armed Forces
Monday, 1 March 2021
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House of Commons
Grouped for answer: Yes
Subjects: Armed forces Training South Africa Nigeria Uganda Ethiopia Somalia Military aid Ghana Tanzania Mali
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk