Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what training UK armed forces are providing to the (a) armed forces and (b) security forces of the Government of Cameroon.
Answered by James Heappey
The UK has a longstanding relationship with Cameroon; we provide limited military capacity building which includes training on human rights. The UK and Cameroon cooperate closely in the fight against Boko Haram and Islamic State in West Africa.
Asked by: Harriett Baldwin (Conservative - West Worcestershire)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the local economy of West Worcestershire constituency of (a) spending and (b) investment by (i) his Department and (ii) the armed forces since 2010; and if he will place that information in the Library.
Answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The Ministry of Defence's (MOD) over-riding priority is to provide national security for the UK as a whole and its extensive regional footprint exists to provide UK national security.
Spending or investment decisions are appraised on the basis of costs and benefits to UK society overall irrespective of the location of the expenditure, as required by HM Treasury Green Book.
The department does not routinely undertake assessments of the effect of national spending or investment decisions on local economies.
MOD Regional Expenditure with UK Industry and Commerce and Supported Employment is published at the Government Office Regional level as a National Statistic at the following link:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/774871/Finance_and_economics_annual_statistical_bulletin_201718.pdf