Saudi Arabia: Military Aid

(asked on 6th June 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the open skeleton argument of the Secretary of State for hearing 7,8,10 February 2017, claim number CO/1306/2016, (a) how many and (b) on what dates the Government has provided (i) International Targeting Courses and (ii) senior airmen's workshops on SPINS since March 2015.


This question was answered on 11th June 2019

Since March 2015, seven International Targeting Courses have been provided by the Ministry of Defence (MOD) for Saudi Arabia, which took place on the following dates:

  • 27 July - 14 August 2015
  • 7 - 23 October 2015
  • 11 - 29 January 2016
  • 18 July - 5 August 2016
  • 24 March - 7 April 2017
  • 22 - 26 October 2017
  • 13 - 24 January 2019

Since March 2015, one Senior Airmen's Workshop on Special Instructions (SPINS) has been provided by the MOD for Saudi Arabia, which took place in January 2017.

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