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Written Question

Military Attachés

Thursday 14th March 2024

Asked by: Maria Eagle (Labour - Garston and Halewood)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2023 to Question 1027 on Military Attachés, if he will publish an updated list of countries without a resident UK Defence Attache.

Answered by James Heappey

The Global Defence Network (GDN) utilises Resident and Non-Resident Defence Attachés (DA), who engage in Defence diplomacy in over three-quarters of the world’s nations. The table below has a list of countries covered on a Non-Residential Accreditations (NRA) basis, where a UK DA is not resident in country, but a DA elsewhere has the responsibility.

Country (NRA)	Location of DA
Angola	Mozambique - Maputo
Anguilla (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Antigua & Barbuda	Jamaica - Kingston
Armenia	Georgia – Tbilisi
Azerbaijan	Georgia – Tbilisi
Bahamas	Jamaica - Kingston
Barbados	Jamaica - Kingston
Belarus	Ukraine – Kyiv
Belize	Jamaica - Kingston
Benin	Accra - Ghana
Bermuda (British overseas territory)	USA – Washington DC
Botswana	Harare - Zimbabwe
British Virgin Islands (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Burkina Faso	Ghana - Accra
Burundi	Uganda – Kampala
Cambodia	(In process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi
Cayman Islands (British overseas territory)	Jamaica – Kingston
Chad	Cameroon - Yaoundé
Cuba	Mexico – Mexico City
Djibouti	Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
Dominica	Jamaica - Kingston
Dominican Republic	Jamaica - Kingston
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Kampala - Uganda
Eritrea	Sana’a - Yemen (temporarily relocated to Riyadh)
Ecuador	Bogota - Colombia
Grenada	Jamaica - Kingston
Guinea	Sierra Leone – Freetown
Guyana	Jamaica - Kingston
Guatemala	Mexico – Mexico City
Guinea-Bissau	Senegal - Dakar
Haiti	Jamaica - Kingston
Hungary	Croatia - Zagreb
Iceland	Norway - Oslo
Ivory Coast	Ghana – Accra
Khartoum	Egypt - Cairo
Kosovo	Macedonia - Skopje
Kyrgyzstan	Kazakhstan – Astana
Laos	(in process of transferring to) Vietnam - Hanoi
Lesotho	South Africa - Pretoria
Liberia	Sierra Leone - Freetown
Luxembourg	Belgium - Brussels
Malawi	Zimbabwe – Harare
Mali	Senegal - Dakar
Malta	Rome - Italy
Mauritania	Morocco – Rabat
Monaco	France – Paris
Mongolia	Japan – Tokyo
Myanmar	Thailand - Bangkok
Montserrat (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Namibia	South Africa – Pretoria
Niger	Cameroon – Yaoundé
Papua New Guinea	Australia – Canberra
Paraguay	Argentina – Buenos Aires
Peru	Colombia - Bogota
Rwanda	Uganda – Kampala
Seychelles	Kenya - Nairobi
St Kitts & Nevis	Jamaica - Kingston
St Lucia	Jamaica - Kingston
St Vincent	Jamaica - Kingston
Slovakia	Czech Rep - Prague
Slovenia	Austria – Vienna
South Sudan	Addis Ababa – Ethiopia
Switzerland	Vienna - Austria
Syria	Lebanon - Beirut
Tajikistan	Kazakhstan – Astana
Tanzania	Kenya – Nairobi
The Gambia	Senegal - Dakar
Timor-Leste (East Timor)	Indonesia - Jakarta
Togo	Ghana – Accra
Tonga	Fiji – Suva
Trinidad & Tobago	Jamaica - Kingston
Turkmenistan	Uzbekistan - Tashkent
Turks & Caicos Islands (British overseas territory)	Jamaica - Kingston
Uruguay	Argentina - Buenos Aires
Vanuatu	Fiji – Suva
Venezuela	Bogota - Colombia
Zambia	Zimbabwe - Harare
Supported by MOD from in the UK
Cape Verdi Islands
Congo
Gabon
Panama
Puerto Rica

Written Question

Prisoners: Repatriation

Tuesday 19th December 2023

Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national offenders were removed from the country through a prison transfer agreement each year since 2010; and if he will list which countries were they removed to.

Answered by Edward Argar - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Any foreign national who is convicted of a crime and given a prison sentence is considered for deportation at the earliest opportunity. Where appropriate, the Government will also seek to permanently remove foreign criminals from the UK via the Early Removal Scheme once they have served the minimum required of their sentence. This is our best performing removal scheme with 5,262 Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) having been removed between January 2019 and June 2022.

The Home Office removed 16,676 foreign national offenders since January 2019 to September 2023. Published figures show that FNO returns have increased in the latest 12-month period (ending September 2023) by 19% when compared to previous 12-month period.

Our new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with Albania entered into force in May 2023 and we have signed a new Prisoner Transfer Agreement with the Philippines. We are looking to negotiate new Prisoner Transfer Agreements with key EU Member States and wider-world countries

Foreign national offender removals via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:

Year:	Removals:
2010	46
2011	33
2012	41
2013	44
2014	34
2015	57
2016	99
2017	107
2018	111
2019	136
2020	81
2021	73
2022	50
2023	33

Countries or Territories we have removed foreign national offenders to via Prisoner Transfer Agreements since 2010:

Albania	Denmark	Latvia	Slovakia
Austria	Ecuador	Lithuania	Slovenia
Belgium	Estonia	Macedonia	Spain
Bermuda	France	Malta	Sri Lanka
Bolivia	Germany	Montenegro	St Helena
Brazil	Ghana	Netherlands	Sweden
Bulgaria	Gibraltar	Nigeria	Switzerland
Canada	Greece	Norway	Turkey
Cayman	Hungary	Pakistan	Ukraine
Chile	India	Poland	Vietnam
Croatia	Ireland	Portugal	Iraq
Cyprus	Israel	Romania
Czech Republic	Italy	Saudi

Written Question

NATO

Thursday 22nd June 2023

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in which countries UK personnel are deployed with NATO; on which (a) NATO and (b) domestic bases are they stationed; and at what levels.

Answered by James Heappey

The UK is one of the largest contributors of personnel to NATO, underlining our commitment to deterrence and defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area, with personnel deployed over twenty-one countries.

The number of UK personnel posted to NATO Peacetime Establishment locations (Table 1) and those deployed to NATO affiliated exercises and operations (Table 2) can be found below.

Table 1 – UK personnel deployed within the Peacetime Establishment in NATO as of June 2023.

Country	Organisation	Number of UK posts	Rank range
Belgium	NATO HQ (Brussels)	47	OR4 – OF8
Belgium	SHAPE (Mons)	169	OR4 – OF9
Bulgaria	NFIU Bulgaria (Sofia)	1	OF3
Czech Republic	HQ ARRC (Vyskov)	1	OF4
Estonia	NFIU Estonia (Tallin)	1	OF4
France	NRDC HQ (Lille)	10	OR8 – OF6
Germany	NAEW&C FC (Geilenkirchen)	9	OR6 – OF6
Germany	1 DEU NLD (Munster)	6	OR9 – OF5
Germany	NATO School (Oberammergau)	3	OR6 – OF4
Germany	AIRCOM (Ramstein)	76	OR4 – OF5
Germany	CAOCUE (Uedem)	17	OR4 – OF5
Germany	JSEC (Ulm)	16	OR4 – OF7
Germany	1 NSB Wesel (Wesel)	28	OR3 – OF3
Greece	NRDC Greece (Thessaloniki)	1	OF3
Italy	NHRFI (Milan)	17	OR6 - OF7
Italy	JFCNP (Naples)	124	OR2 – OF7
Italy	DACCC (Poggio)	26	OR2 – OF5
Italy	NAGSF (Sigonella)	6	OR4 – OF3
Latvia	MND NE (Riga)	4	OF2 – OF5
Lithuania	NFIU Lithuania (Vilnius)	1	OF3
Netherlands	JFC Brunssum (Brunssum)	109	OR4 – OF7
Norway	JWC (Stavanger)	32	OR6 – OF5
Poland	JFTC (Bydgoszcz)	3	OF4
Poland	NFIU Poland (Bydgoszcz)	1	OF3
Poland	MND NE (Elblag)	2	OR7 – OF4
Poland	MNC NE (Szczecin)	2	OF3 – OF4
Portugal	STRIKFORNATO (Lisbon)	14	OR4 – OF7
Portugal	NCISS LATINA (Oiera)	5	OR7 – OR9
Romania	NFIU Romania (Bucharest)	1	OF3
Romania	MND SE (Bucharest)	2	OF3 - OF4
Slovakia	NFIU Slovakia (Bratislava)	1	OR6
Spain	CAOCTJ (Torrejon)	15	OR7 – OF4
Spain	NRDC Spain (Valencia)	2	OF3 – OF6
Türkiye	NRDC Turkiye (Istanbul)	5	OF4 – OF5
Türkiye	LANDCOM (Izmir)	34	OR6 – OF5
UK	1NSB (Blandford)	46	OR3 – OF3
UK	CTC / NIFC (Molesworth)	9	OR7 – OF5
UK	MARCOM (Northwood)	70	OR4 – OF5
UK	JEWCS (Yeovilton)	2	OR2 – OR6
USA	SACT HQ (Norfolk, Virginia)	51	OR4 – OF8
USA	SHAPE Tampa (Tampa, Florida)	1	OF4
	Total	969	OR2 – OF9

Table 2 – NATO affiliated operations and exercises with UK troops deployed as of June 2023.

Ser	Activity	Outline	Location	Numbers Deployed
1	Op CABRIT Estonia	UK Contribution to NATO Forward Land Forces. (inclusive of Forward Land Forces, HQ CABRIT and Divisional Advisory Team).	Tapa and Tallinn, Estonia	831
2	Op CABRIT Poland Squadron	A UK Light Cavalry Squadron integrated with the US Forward Land Forces, including National Support Element.	Bemowo Piskie, Poland	133
4	Op ELGIN Bosnia	Staff Officers embedded in NATO HQ Sarajevo.	NATO HQ Sarajevo, Bosnia	3
5	Ex ARRCADE LEDGER	HQ ARRC and 7th Light Mechanised Brigade Combat Team Exercise.	NATO Forward Holding Base, Sennelager, Germany	676 of which 43 are civilian contractors deployed through the Land Warfare Centre (LWC).
5	Ex JOINT COOPERATION	German sponsored NATO exercise.	Nirenburg, Germany	2
			TOTAL	1,678

Written Question

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners living overseas had their pensions stopped incorrectly in 2022 broken down by nation.

Answered by Laura Trott - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

Where payments are stopped and then reinstated, this is due to late return or non-return of a life certificate rather than from anything incorrect on the part of DWP. The number of payments stopped as a result of late return or non-return are:

Albania	7
Andorra	51
Anguilla	74
Antigua	88
Antilles (Netherlands)	8
Armenia	1
Bahamas	211
Bangladesh	429
Barbados	796
Benin	2
Bermuda	90
Brazil	737
Bulgaria	348
Burkina Faso	1
Canada	19,061
Cayman Islands	42
Central African Republic	1
Costa Rica	55
Croatia	105
Cyprus	1,831
Czech Republic	126
Denmark	525
Djibouti	1
Dominican Republic	38
Egypt	224
Estonia	18
Falkland Islands	11
Fiji	60
France	1,690
Gambia	50
Georgia	12
Greenland	0
Grenada	217
Guam	0
Guyana	86
Hong Kong	527
Hungary	146
India	1,934
Indonesia	246
Israel	426
Jamaica	2,847
Jordan	67
Kenya	234
Kuwait	17
Kyrgyzstan	5
Liberia	2
Luxembourg	85
Malawi	33
Malaysia	74
Maldive Islands	0
Mexico	454
Monaco	92
Montserrat	27
Morocco	7
North Korea	0
Panama	28
Philippines	1,564
Puerto Rico	4
Republic of the Congo	2
Russia	5
Saudi Arabia	3
Serbia & Montenegro	77
Seychelles	2
Singapore	191
Slovakia	8
Sri Lanka	30
St Lucia	457
St Vincent/Grenadines	190
Sudan	5
Swaziland	2
Switzerland	105
Syria	6
Taiwan	17
Tanzania	34
Trinidad & Tobago	264
Turks & Caicos Islands	4
Uganda	49
United Arab Emirates	50
Uruguay	22
Vietnam	88
Virgin Islands (British)	29
Virgin Islands (USA)	15
Zimbabwe	47

The Management Information used has been taken from the same operational source data systems as our published administrative data. However, as this Management Information is not a recognised National or Official Statistic, it has not been subjected to the same level of Quality Assurance. As a result, these figures should be treat with caution.

Written Question

State Retirement Pensions: British Nationals Abroad

Thursday 23rd March 2023

Asked by: Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat - North East Fife)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many UK pensioners living overseas had their pensions stopped in 2022 because of life certificate forms and postal issues, broken down by country.

Answered by Laura Trott - Chief Secretary to the Treasury

DWP allows 16 weeks for the completed Life Certificate to be returned under normal circumstances. In 2022, DWP was notified of the postal issues effecting deliveries in Canada. In light of this, we reinstated the State Pension of those effected and extended the normal 16-week time limit by another 48 weeks for the completed Life Certificates to be returned.

DWP does not maintain data regarding the temporary suspension of International State Pensions owing to postal issues, as this is not something the Department is able to determine. However, DWP does hold data for the temporary suspensions due to the non/late return of a Life Certificate in 2022.

The number of UK State Pension customers whose payments were temporarily suspended due to the non/late return of Life Certificates issued in 2022 was 37,517; this is broken down by country as follows: -

Albania	7
Andorra	51
Anguilla	74
Antigua	88
Antilles (Netherlands)	8
Armenia	1
Bahamas	211
Bangladesh	429
Barbados	796
Benin	2
Bermuda	90
Brazil	737
Bulgaria	348
Burkina Faso	1
Canada	19,061
Cayman Islands	42
Central African Republic	1
Costa Rica	55
Croatia	105
Cyprus	1,831
Czech Republic	126
Denmark	525
Djibouti	1
Dominican Republic	38
Egypt	224
Estonia	18
Falkland Islands	11
Fiji	60
France	1,690
Gambia	50
Georgia	12
Greenland	0
Grenada	217
Guam	0
Guyana	86
Hong Kong	527
Hungary	146
India	1,934
Indonesia	246
Israel	426
Jamaica	2,847
Jordan	67
Kenya	234
Kuwait	17
Kyrgyzstan	5
Liberia	2
Luxembourg	85
Malawi	33
Malaysia	74
Maldive Islands	0
Mexico	454
Monaco	92
Montserrat	27
Morocco	7
North Korea	0
Panama	28
Philippines	1,564
Puerto Rico	4
Republic of the Congo	2
Russia	5
Saudi Arabia	3
Serbia & Montenegro	77
Seychelles	2
Singapore	191
Slovakia	8
Sri Lanka	30
St Lucia	457
St Vincent/Grenadines	190
Sudan	5
Swaziland	2
Switzerland	105
Syria	6
Taiwan	17
Tanzania	34
Trinidad & Tobago	264
Turks & Caicos Islands	4
Uganda	49
United Arab Emirates	50
Uruguay	22
Vietnam	88
Virgin Islands (British)	29
Virgin Islands (USA)	15
Zimbabwe	47

Written Question

Dogs: Imports

Tuesday 8th November 2022

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 September to Question 48499 on Dogs: Imports, if his Department will publish the number of dogs imported into the UK from each country outlined in that Answer in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

Answered by Rebecca Pow - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)

Below are tables to show the countries of origin of commercial dog imports. The data for 2020 is for UK, and the data for 2021 and 2022 (up to the 31/08/2022) is Great Britain only. We do not hold data for Northern Ireland for 2021 and 2022.

This information is drawn from external TRACES and IPAFFs systems, which are not directly controlled by the department.

EU imports	2020	Rest of World Imports	2020
Country Of Origin	Dogs	Country Of Origin	Dogs
Austria	6	Antigua and Barbuda	1
Belgium	13	Argentina	30
Bulgaria	222	Australia	118
Croatia	153	Bahrain	95
Cyprus	4246	Barbados	8
Czech Republic	135	Belarus	50
Denmark	2	Bermuda	4
Estonia	21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1636
Finland	7	Brazil	120
France	33	Canada	76
Germany	103	Cayman Islands	6
Greece	563	Colombia	12
Hungary	5065	Costa Rica	9
Ireland (Rep. of)	5814	Egypt	26
Italy	243	Ethiopia	3
Latvia	5	French Polynesia	1
Lithuania	99	Hong Kong	69
Malta	5	India	29
Netherlands	38	Indonesia	2
Poland	3945	Israel	13
Portugal	343	Japan	8
Romania	32525	Jordan	3
Slovakia	106	Kenya	26
Slovenia	5	Korea (South)	29
Spain	6475	Kuwait	12
Sweden	15	Lebanon	10
Switzerland	1	Macao	2
Total	60188	Malawi	1
		Malaysia	25
		Mauritius	85
		Mexico	51
		Namibia	3
		New Zealand	40
		North Macedonia	566
		Nigeria	3
		Oman	8
		Peru	5
		Philippines	1
		Qatar	43
		Russia	713
		Saudi Arabia	9
		Serbia	40
		Singapore	58
		South Africa	519
		Sri Lanka	2
		Taiwan	7
		Tajikistan	1
		Thailand	18
		Turkey	375
		Turks and Caicos	1
		UAE	164
		Uganda	2
		Ukraine	3
		Uruguay	5
		USA	1592
		Viet Nam	15
		Zimbabwe	11
		Total	6764

EU Imports	2021	Rest of World Imports	2021
Country	Dogs	Country of origin	Dogs
Austria	22	Argentina	17
Belgium	78	Australia	345
Bulgaria	1093	Bahamas	1
Croatia	2003	Bahrain	55
Cyprus	3758	Barbados	22
Czechia	221	Belarus	1
Denmark	719	Bermuda	12
England	72	Brazil	125
Estonia	23	Canada	167
Finland	8	Cayman Islands	15
France	411	China	174
Germany	76	Colombia	12
Greece	1017	Costa Rica	13
Hungary	4517	Ecuador	2
Iceland	1	Egypt	41
Italy	296	Ethiopia	4
Latvia	512	Guam	3
Lithuania	678	Hong Kong	161
Luxembourg	2	India	96
Malta	3	Indonesia	2
Netherlands	152	Israel	12
Northern Ireland	2	Jamaica	2
Norway	3	Japan	12
Poland	5593	Jordan	13
Portugal	500	Kenya	43
Republic of Ireland	6658	Kuwait	30
Romania	38081	Lebanon	36
Scotland	1	Macao	1
Slovakia	291	Malawi	2
Slovenia	7	Malaysia	71
Spain	5909	Mauritius	3
Sweden	49	Mexico	11
Switzerland	8	Mozambique	2
Wales	1	Namibia	3
(blank)	1	Nepal	1
Grand Total	72766	New Zealand	92
		Nigeria	2
		Oman	14
		Panama	2
		Peru	25
		Philippines	1
		Qatar	179
		Russian Federation	261
		Saudi Arabia	27
		Serbia	2
		Singapore	141
		South Africa	1522
		South Korea	60
		Taiwan	4
		Thailand	48
		Turkey	148
		Ukraine	6
		United Arab Emirates	499
		United States of America	966
		Vietnam	2
		Zimbabwe	22
		Grand Total	5533

EU Imports to 31/08/2022	2022	Rest of World Imports to 31/08/2022	2022
Country Of Origin	Dogs	Country Of Origin	Dogs
Austria	5	Albania	1
Belgium	25	Algeria	1
Bulgaria	1248	Australia	295
Croatia	1742	Bahrain	84
Cyprus	1982	Barbados	13
Czech Republic	108	Bermuda	10
Denmark	216	Brazil	65
England?	35	Brunei	2
Estonia	13	Canada	90
Finland	5	Cayman Islands	11
France	68	Chile	5
Germany	90	China	101
Greece	254	Colombia	7
Hungary	1766	Costa Rica	5
Isle of Man	2	Dominican Republic	1
Ireland (Rep. of)	4528	Ecuador	1
Italy	184	Egypt	13
Latvia	309	Fiji	1
Lithuania	297	Hong Kong	25
Luxembourg	1	India	108
Malta	0	Indonesia	1
Netherlands	84	Israel	5
Northern Ireland	13	Japan	6
Norway	7	Jordan	4
Poland	1242	Kenya	24
Portugal	237	Korea (South)	44
Romania	8698	Kuwait	10
Slovakia	127	Lebanon	16
Slovenia	1	Malaysia	32
Spain	3348	Mauritius	13
Sweden	10	Mexico	16
Switzerland	2	Namibia	2
UK	4	New Zealand	82
Total	26651	Nigeria	1
		Oman	1
		Panama	2
		Peru	4
		Philippines	7
		Qatar	56
		Russia	21
		Saint Lucia	1
		Saudi Arabia	17
		Singapore	66
		South Africa	557
		Sri Lanka	3
		Taiwan	1
		Thailand	30
		Turkey	57
		UAE	233
		Uganda	5
		Ukraine	2
		USA	416
		Vietnam	1
		Zimbabwe	9
		Total	2584

Written Question

Cats: Imports

Monday 31st October 2022

Asked by: Lord Black of Brentwood (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many cats have been imported this year under the Balai Directive; and from which countries those cats originated.

Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)

Since we left the EU, the EU import data for 2021 and 2022 was collated from PIMS which is APHA’s Post Import Management System and accounts for all Imports into the United Kingdom that have been entered using IPAFFS (Import of products, animals, food and feed system).

This information is drawn from the external IPAFF’s system not directly controlled by the department.

From 14th April 2022 the United Kingdom temporarily suspended the commercial import of dogs, cats and ferrets if they originated from or have been dispatched from Belarus, Poland, Romania or Ukraine, until 29th October 2022.

January-September 2022
Country Of Origin	Total
Austria	1
Belgium	15
Bulgaria	115
Croatia	32
Cyprus	392
Czech Republic	22
Denmark	5
England	3
Estonia	3
France	17
Germany	28
Greece	42
Hungary	94
Ireland (Rep. of)	1
Italy	18
Latvia	155
Lithuania	107
Netherlands	11
Poland	208
Portugal	32
Romania	705
Slovakia	17
Spain	339
Sweden	2
Switzerland	3
Antigua and Barbuda	6
Argentina	7
Australia	140
Bahamas	4
Barbados	1
Bahrain	124
Bermuda	6
Brazil	59
Brunei	3
Canada	81
Cayman Islands	12
Chile	3
China	31
Colombia	12
Costa Rica	2
Egypt	357
Georgia	1
Ghana	2
Hong Kong	29
India	46
Indonesia	5
Israel	2
Japan	8
Jordan	2
Kenya	9
Korea (South)	18
Kuwait	22
Lebanon	8
Malaysia	33
Mauritius	6
Mexico	12
Myanmar	2
Namibia	2
New Zealand	85
North Macedonia	9
Oman	5
Pakistan	2
Peru	1
Philippines	2
Qatar	106
Russia	48
Saint Lucia	1
Saudi Arabia	67
Seychelles	1
Singapore	39
South Africa	348
Taiwan	2
Thailand	43
Turkey	15
UAE	1043
Uganda	1
USA	256
Vietnam	4
Zimbabwe	18
Total	5518

Written Question

Dogs: Imports

Thursday 29th September 2022

Asked by: Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party - East Lothian)

Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2022 to Question 40929 on Dogs: Imports, if he will publish a breakdown of the countries of origin of the dogs commercially imported into the UK from abroad in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.

Answered by Scott Mann - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury

Below are tables to show the countries of origin of commercial dog imports. The data for 2020 is for the UK, while the data for 2021 and 2022 (up to 31 August 2022) is for Great Britain only. We do not hold data for Northern Ireland for 2021 and 2022.

This information is drawn from external TRACES and IPAFF systems not directly controlled by the department.

Country Of Origin from EU 2020	Country Of Origin from Rest of World 2020
Austria	Antigua and Barbuda
Belgium	Argentina
Bulgaria	Australia
Croatia	Bahrain
Cyprus	Barbados
Czech Republic	Belarus
Denmark	Bermuda
Estonia	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Finland	Brazil
France	Canada
Germany	Cayman Islands
Greece	Colombia
Hungary	Costa Rica
Ireland (Rep. of)	Egypt
Italy	Ethiopia
Latvia	French Polynesia
Lithuania	Hong Kong
Malta	India
Netherlands	Indonesia
Poland	Israel
Portugal	Japan
Romania	Jordan
Slovakia	Kenya
Slovenia	Korea (South)
Spain	Kuwait
Sweden	Lebanon
Switzerland	Macao

	Malawi
	Malaysia
	Mauritius
	Mexico
	Namibia
	New Zealand
	Nigeria
	North Macedonia
	Oman
	Peru
	Philippines
	Qatar
	Russia
	Saudi Arabia
	Serbia
	Singapore
	South Africa
	Sri Lanka
	Taiwan
	Tajikistan
	Thailand
	Turkey
	Turks and Caicos
	UAE
	Uganda
	Ukraine
	Uruguay
	USA
	Vietnam
	Zimbabwe

Country Of Origin from EU 2021	Country Of Origin from Rest of World 2021
Austria	Argentina
Belgium	Australia
Bulgaria	Bahamas
Croatia	Bahrain
Cyprus	Barbados
Czechia	Belarus
Denmark	Bermuda
Estonia	Brazil
Finland	Canada
France	Cayman Islands
Germany	China
Greece	Colombia
Hungary	Costa Rica
Iceland	Ecuador
Italy	Egypt
Latvia	Ethiopia
Lithuania	Guam
Luxembourg	Hong Kong
Malta	India
Netherlands	Indonesia
Northern Ireland	Israel
Norway	Jamaica
Poland	Japan
Portugal	Jordan
Republic of Ireland	Kenya
Romania	Kuwait
Slovakia	Lebanon
Slovenia	Macao
Spain	Malawi
Sweden	Malaysia
Switzerland	Mauritius
	Mexico
	Mozambique
	Namibia
	Nepal
	New Zealand
	Nigeria
	Oman
	Panama
	Peru
	Philippines
	Qatar
	Russian Federation
	Saudi Arabia
	Serbia
	Singapore
	South Africa
	South Korea
	Taiwan
	Thailand
	Turkey
	Ukraine
	United Arab Emirates
	United States of America
	Viet Nam
	Zimbabwe

Country Of Origin from EU 2022	Country Of Origin from Rest of World 2022
Austria	Albania
Belgium	Algeria
Bulgaria	Australia
Croatia	Bahrain
Cyprus	Barbados
Czech Republic	Bermuda
Denmark	Brazil
Estonia	Brunei
Finland	Canada
France	Cayman Islands
Germany	Chile
Greece	China
Hungary	Colombia
Isle of Man	Costa Rica
Ireland (Rep. of)	Dominican Republic
Italy	Ecuador
Latvia	Egypt
Lithuania	Fiji
Luxembourg	Hong Kong
Netherlands	India
Northern Ireland	Indonesia
Norway	Israel
Poland	Japan
Portugal	Jordan
Romania	Kenya
Slovakia	Korea (South)
Slovenia	Kuwait
Spain	Lebanon
Sweden	Malaysia
Switzerland	Mauritius
	Mexico
	Namibia
	New Zealand
	Nigeria
	Oman
	Panama
	Peru
	Philippines
	Qatar
	Russia
	Saint Lucia
	Saudi Arabia
	Singapore
	South Africa
	Sri Lanka
	Taiwan
	Thailand
	Turkey
	UAE
	Uganda
	Ukraine
	USA
	Vietnam
	Zimbabwe

Written Question

Arms Trade: Trade Fairs

Friday 10th September 2021

Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion)

Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, which countries and territories UK Defence and Security Exports has invited to attend the Defence and Security Equipment International exhibition in London on 14 to 17 September 2021.

Answered by Graham Stuart

The following countries have received official invitations to the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2021 from the Department for International Trade UK Defence and Security Exports Team:

Angola

Australia

Austria

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belgium

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Canada

Chile

Colombia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Egypt

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

India

Indonesia

Iraq

Italy

Japan

Kenya

Kuwait

Latvia

Lithuania

Malaysia

Mexico

Morocco

Mozambique

NATO

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Saudi Arabia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Taiwan

Thailand

Turkey

Ukraine

USA

Vietnam

Written Question

Armed Forces: Deployment

Thursday 22nd July 2021

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many full-time UK armed forces personnel are currently deployed overseas, by country of deployment.

Answered by James Heappey

In addition to the 7,025 at sea in Ships and Submarines around the globe, figures for those deployed overseas on 22 Jul 2021, including in Defence Sections of Embassies, International Headquarters, permanent deployments, on UN Duties, on Operations, participating in international exercises, or in support of other Defence activity, are listed in the table below. This represents a snapshot as numbers are continuously changing. Some of these details have been withheld due to operational sensitivity, including our current presence in Afghanistan.

COUNTRY	Personnel
ALBANIA	1
ALGERIA	2
ARGENTINA	2
AUSTRALIA	200
AUSTRIA	2
BAHRAIN	193
BANGLADESH	1
BARBADOS	3
BELGIUM	280
BELIZE	67
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA	3
BRAZIL	2
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM	734
BULGARIA	1
CAMEROON	17
CANADA	295
CHAD	1
CHILE	2
CHINA	5
COLOMBIA	3
CROATIA	5
CURACAO	2
CYPRUS	3,272
CZECH REPUBLIC	18
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO	4
DENMARK	4
DIEGO GARCIA	43
DJIBOUTI	4
EGYPT	4
ESTONIA	716
ETHIOPIA	2
FALKLAND ISLANDS	843
FIJI	1
FINLAND	1
FRANCE	83
GEORGIA	34
GERMANY	585
GHANA	3
GIBRALTAR	516
GREECE	53
INDIA	8
INDONESIA	2
IRAQ	152
IRELAND	1
ISRAEL	4
ITALY	196
JAMAICA	2
JAPAN	5
JORDAN	215
KAZAKHSTAN	2
KENYA	617
KOSOVO	36
KUWAIT	84
LATVIA	19
LEBANON	4
LITHUANIA	2
MALAYSIA	7
MALI	442
MEXICO	2
MOLDOVA	1
MOROCCO	2
NEPAL	69
NETHERLANDS	116
NEW ZEALAND	6
NIGERIA	53
NORTH MACEDONIA	3
NORWAY	49
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES	6
OMAN	235
PAKISTAN	13
POLAND	164
PORTUGAL	27
QATAR	134
ROMANIA	175
RUSSIAN FEDERATION	1
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA	23
SAUDI ARABIA	142
SENEGAL	6
SERBIA	1
SEYCHELLES	1
SIERRA LEONE	2
SINGAPORE	9
SLOVAKIA	1
SLOVENIA	11
SOMALIA	63
SOUTH AFRICA	2
SOUTH KOREA	7
SOUTH SUDAN	5
SPAIN	37
SRI LANKA	1
SWEDEN	3
THAILAND	2
TUNISIA	4
TURKEY	46
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS	15
UGANDA	2
UKRAINE	436
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES	141
UNITED STATES	1,053
UZBEKISTAN	1
VIETNAM	2
ZAMBIA	6
ZIMBABWE	1

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