Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) number of occasions of training, (b) dates of training, (c) number of personnel trained and (d) programme of training provided by UK (i) armed forces personnel and (ii) contractors to the Royal Saudi Air Force on compliance with International Humanitarian Law since 2015.

Since 2016, the UK has provided an on-going programme of training to the Royal Saudi Air Force, including annual delivery of an International Humanitarian Law compliance course focused on the Law of Armed Conflict.

Each of these courses, which continue to be provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, are typically attended by 15-25 officers of the Royal Saudi Air Force and Saudi Ministry of Defence Civilians.

In addition to these courses, modules on International Humanitarian Law are consistently included in other training provided by the UK Ministry of Defence, including courses on Joint Inter-Agency Teams and Media Operations.