Burma

(asked on 2nd February 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of providing training courses for the Burmese Army to date; and what funding for that purpose has been allocated for (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16.


Answered by
Mark Francois Portrait
Mark Francois
Shadow Minister (Defence)
This question was answered on 9th February 2015

To date, the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has spent £105,905 on Defence Education activity with Burma. The MOD's allocated funding for financial year 2014-15 is £139,530 whilst funding for financial year 2015-16 is still under review.

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