Asked by: Lord Tunnicliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what countries the British Armed Forces provided training to on UK territory in (1) 2020, and (2) 2021.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
Personnel from the countries listed in the table below have attended defence education or training in the UK in 2019-20 and 2020-21.
Year | Countries |
2019/20 | AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ALGERIA ANGOLA ANTIGUA & BARBUDA ARGENTINA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BELARUS BELGIUM BELIZE BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL BRUNEI CAMEROON CANADA CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CROATIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EGYPT ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GAMBIA GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE GRENADA GUYANA HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KOSOVO KUWAIT KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LEBANON LESOTHO LITHUANIA LUXEMBOURG MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MAURITIUS MEXICO MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORTH MACEDONIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES PAPUA NEW GUINEA PARAGUAY PHILIPPINES POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA RWANDA SAUDI ARABIA SENEGAL SERBIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWEDEN SWITZERLAND THAILAND TONGA TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TURKEY UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY USA UZBEKISTAN VIETNAM |
2020/21 | AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA AZERBAIJAN BAHAMAS BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BELGIUM BELIZE BHUTAN BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BOTSWANA BRAZIL BRUNEI CAMEROON CANADA CHILE COLOMBIA CYPRUS CZECH REPUBLIC DENMARK EGYPT ESTONIA ETHIOPIA FIJI FINLAND FRANCE GEORGIA GERMANY GHANA GREECE HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAQ IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN JORDAN KENYA KOSOVO KUWAIT LEBANON LITHUANIA MALAWI MALAYSIA MALDIVES MALI MALTA MOLDOVA MONGOLIA MONTENEGRO MOROCCO NEPAL NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NIGER NIGERIA NORTH MACEDONIA NORWAY OMAN PAKISTAN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES PARAGUAY POLAND PORTUGAL QATAR ROMANIA SAUDI ARABIA SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVAKIA SOUTH KOREA SPAIN SRI LANKA SWITZERLAND THAILAND TONGA TUNISIA UGANDA UKRAINE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY USA |
Note: MOD records information on International Defence Training (IDT) by financial year, rather than by calendar year. Information is taken from a central IDT database. Some activity may not be captured on that database.
Asked by: Zarah Sultana (Labour - Coventry South)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will list the countries and territories (a) invited by UK Defence and Security Exports to attend Security and Policing 2021 and (b) that attended Security and Policing 2020.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The countries, territories and organisations invited to attend Security and Policing 2021 are listed below. Those annotated with a * are the countries, territories and organisations that attended.
Algeria *
Argentina
Australia *
Austria *
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium *
Brazil
Bulgaria *
Canada *
Croatia *
Czech Republic *
Denmark *
Egypt *
Finland *
France
Germany
Ghana *
Greece *
Hungary *
India *
Indonesia
Iraq
Italy *
Japan *
Kenya *
Latvia *
Lithuania
Luxembourg *
Malaysia *
Mexico
Morocco *
NATO
Netherlands *
New Zealand *
Nigeria *
Norway *
Oman *
Pakistan *
Peru *
Poland *
Portugal *
Qatar
Romania *
Saudi Arabia *
Singapore *
South Africa *
South Korea *
Sweden *
Switzerland *
Taiwan *
Thailand
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkey
Ukraine *
UN *
USA *
Vietnam *
The list of countries, territories and organisations that attended Security and Policing 2020 were:
Australia
Belgium
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Canada
Colombia
Czech Republic
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Morocco
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Peru
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Saudi Arabia
Slovakia
South Africa
Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Turkey
UAE
Ukraine
United Nations (UN)
United States
Uzbekistan
The full list of countries, territories and organisations invited and those that attended Security and Policing 2020 can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/security-and-policing-2020
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) Type 45 destroyers, (b) Type 23 frigates, (c) Royal Navy mine countermeasures vessels and (d) Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships have been maintained for scheduled or unscheduled periods in (i) the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council countries), (ii) South East Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Australia) and (iii) South Africa in the last five years; and what the costs were of each overhaul maintenance period.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
The information will take time to collate and I will write to the hon. Member when it is available.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual costs were of the overseas bases and facilities in (a) Singapore, (b) Bahrain, (c) Diego Garcia, (d) Duqm, (e) Falklands, (f) Ascension Island, (g) BATUS, (h) Kenya (BATUK) in the last five years; and what the cost was of improving infrastructure in each such base during that time period.
Answered by James Heappey
The figures cover a number of years and are being brought together from across the Department. I will write to the right hon. Member as soon as the data is available.
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields)
Question to the Department for International Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what the Defence and Security Organisation's key markets are for 2019-20; and if she will make a statement.
Answered by Graham Stuart
The Department for International Trade’s Defence and Security Organisation has identified the following key markets for 2019-20 with defence and security opportunities:
Africa
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belgium
Canada
Central European Network (Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria)
France
Germany
India
Indonesia
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latin America (Columbia, Brazil, Chile, Peru, Panama, Argentina, Mexico)
Malaysia
New Zealand
Netherlands
Nordic Baltic Network (Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia)
Oman
Philippines
Portugal
Qatar
Republic of Korea
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Spain
Switzerland
Thailand
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
United States of America
Asked by: Baroness Taylor of Bolton (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers have attended discussions within the Five Powers Defence Arrangement in the last five years.
Answered by Baroness Goldie
Ministry of Defence Ministers have attended the following meetings to discuss the Five Powers Defence Arrangements (FPDA).
Year | Meeting | Location | Minister |
2014 | FPDA Defence Ministers Meeting | Malaysia | Secretary of State (Rt Hon Philip Hammond MP) |
2015 | FPDA informal breakfast at the annual Shangri La Dialogue | Singapore | Secretary of State (Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP) |
2016 | FPDA informal breakfast at the annual Shangri La Dialogue | Singapore | Secretary of State (Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon MP) |
2017 | FPDA Defence Ministers Meeting | Singapore | No ministerial attendance due to the UK General Election |
2018 | FPDA informal breakfast at the annual Shangri La Dialogue | Singapore | Secretary of State (Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP) |
2019 | FPDA informal breakfast at the annual Shangri La Dialogue | Singapore | Secretary of State (Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt MP) |
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much funding the Government has allocated to UK naval facilities in (a) Bahrain, (b) Oman, (c) Diego Garcia, (d) Singapore and (e) Brunei in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
Allocated funding and Infrastructure costs in the last 12 months were as follows:
Bahrain: funding allocated at the start of financial year (FY) 2018-19 for the UK Naval support facility was £10.55 million.
Oman: £4.115 million was allocated to Duqm at the start of FY 2018-19.
Diego Garcia: £3.04 million was allocated at the start of FY 2018-19.
Singapore: Due to rental payments received from the US, -£1.33 million was allocated to British Defence Singapore Support Unit at the start of FY 2018-19; however £1.845 million was spent on capital works and facilities maintenance.
It has not been possible to provide the information for Brunei in the time available, and I will write to the hon. Member once it has been collated.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what improvements have been completed to naval facilities in Singapore in the last two years.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
It has been assumed that "naval facilities" refer to both the wharf and oil fuel depot.
In 2017-18:
In 2018-19
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the establishment of a UK forward deployment base in the Indo-Pacific region in addition to the existing arrangements in Brunei and Singapore.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
I refer the right hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Ceredigion (Ben Lake) to Question 208862 on 23 January 2019.
Asked by: Kevan Jones (Labour - North Durham)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps the UK Government is taking to strengthen military co-operation with allies in the Indo-Pacific region.
Answered by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
The UK already has strong ties with allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region, reinforced by regular exercises and operations. We maintain the UK Garrison in Brunei and UK-managed military facilities in Singapore. The UK will continue to deepen bilateral and multilateral defence engagement in the region - for example, in recently re-establishing the resident Defence Adviser post in Sri Lanka and applying for Observer Status on two of the Association of Southeastern Asian Nations Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus Expert Working Groups.