Saudi Arabia: Military Aid
(asked on 6th July 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) dates on which the 90 Saudi military personnel received Typhoon training at RAF Coningsby in 2019, (b) course curriculum and (c) ranks and roles of those military personnel who received that training.
Please see table below for the various dates and courses on which Saudi military personnel received Typhoon training at RAF Coningsby. It should be noted that the 90 personnel did not all attend the same courses.
Course Name | Start Date | Finish Date |
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Typhoon OPCON | November 2018 | May 2019 |
Typhoon OPCON | March 2019 | August 2019 |
Typhoon OPCON | September 2019 | March 2020 |
Typhoon Maintenance Consolidation Training | January 2019 | July 2019 |
Typhoon Maintenance Consolidation Training | July 2019 | December 2019 |
The roles of personnel being trained is a matter for the Royal Saudi Air Force. Therefore, we do not hold information relating to specific roles. However, the courses are attended by technicians and aircrew.
I am withholding the information relating to course curriculum as disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice both commercial interests and international relations between the United Kingdom and another State.
Additionally, I am withholding the ranks of the personnel under our obligations in relation to the protection of confidentiality when handling a small data set.