Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2019 to Question 240620 on Saudi Arabia, how many UK military forces are in Saudi Arabia in support of the Saudi Royal Airforce.
As of March 2019, around 20 military personnel (all of whom are from the RAF) provide routine engineering and generic training support to the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) and are seconded to BAE Systems.
UK military personnel do not provide direct support to RSAF operations in Yemen. They do not prepare aircraft for operations, do not load weapons, and do not get involved in the planning of operational sorties.