Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the possibility of deploying an enhanced UK military presence in Kuwait.

There are on going discussions between the UK and Kuwaiti Governments, without commitment, to consider options to enhance the UK military presence in Kuwait. Currently the UK has a Defence Section in the Embassy in Kuwait and has, for many years, advised and developed Kuwait's Armed Forces through a British Military Mission permanently based in Kuwait. In addition, we have been supporting the counter-Daesh coalition with troops based in Kuwait. The UK military partnership with Kuwait also includes joint exercising with Kuwait's military institutions and Armed Forces.