Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, on how many occasions Colombian armed forces personnel have trained in the UK in each year since 2010; and how many such personnel were trained in each such year.

Visits to the UK by members of the Colombian Armed Forces are focused around defence education. The number of occasions Colombian Armed Forces personnel has trained in the UK in each academic year since 2009-10 and how many such personnel were trained in each such year up to and including the end of the last academic year is:

2009-10: one individual on one occasion.

2010-11: five individuals on five separate occasions.

2011-12: one individual on one occasion.

2012-13: three individuals on three separate occasions.

2013-14: three individuals on three separate occasions