§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all the countries where service personnel are currently on(a) loan service and (b) secondment.
§ Mr. NeubertMembers of Her Majesty's armed forces are currently on loan service in the following countries.
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bermuda
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Dominica
- Fiji
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Hong Kong
- Indonesia
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malaysia
- Mauritius
- Namibia
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent
- Sudan
- Swaziland
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- United Arab Emirates
- Zimbabwe1
1 Since January 1986 a wing of the British military advisory and training team has been specifically allocated to train Mozambican troops within Zimbabwe.
Current policy is for overseas military assistance to foreign Governments to be provided on loan service rather than secondment terms but, in accordance with particular longstanding arrangements, some personnel are serving on secondment in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.