Mr. O'NeillTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many loan service personnel are currently deployed in Belize;
(2) how many loan service personnel are currently deployed in Thailand;
(3) if he will publish in the Official Report the names of all the countries which have had access to training by members of Her Majesty's armed forces serving overseas on secondment or loan during each of the last four years.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonBritish service personnel served on loan or secondment in each year from 1986–89 in the following countries:
- Australia
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Brunei
- Dominica
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Lesotho
- Mauritius
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- United Arab Emirate
- Zimbabwe1
1Since January 1986 a wing of the British military advisory and training team has been specifically allocated to train Mozambican troops in Zimbabwe.
In addition British service personnel served on loan or secondment in the following countries in the years shown:
Year Botswana 1988 and 1989 Chile 1986 Grenada 1989 Malaysia 1988 and 1989 Singapore 1988 Turks and Caicos 1988 and 1989 Uganda 1986 and 1987 There are currently 12 United Kingdom loan service personnel deployed in Belize, a reduction from the figure of 14 which was published in the Eighth Report of the House of Commons Defence Committee (HC 624, Session 1987–88).
There are no loan service personnel currently deployed in Thailand.
541WSpecific details about personnel serving on loan or secondment are generally in confidence between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of the country concerned.