HC Deb 21 June 1995 vol 262 cc274-5W
Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 5 May,Official Report, column 337, if he will name the Indonesian police officer trained by his Department who is serving with the Brigade Mobile. [28907]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 15 June 1995]: Mr. Medhy Chumaedi.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what scholarships, awards or other forms of training paid for by his Department have been received by Gorrys Mere of the Indonesian national police; and when, for how long and at what cost they were provided. [28905]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 15 June 1995]: We have no record of having paid for any training for Lieutenant Colonel Gorrys Mere.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what formal training the British consultants working in the Indonesian national police under the police management training project have had in human rights law; and to what extent the advice and training provided by the consultants involves specific advice and training in human rights law. [28901]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 15 June 1995]: The consultants have had no formal training in human rights law and they have not provided any specific advice under the project on it.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under what scheme scholarship awards for Indonesian police officers are funded; what is the nature of the training provided by the scholarships; who provides the training; and to what extent the training involves formal instruction in human rights law. [28903]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 15 June 1995]: Scholarship awards are funded under the technical co-operation programme and the Chevening scholarship scheme. The training provided includes courses on personnel management, business administration, training management, organisation development, leadership, training for trainers, and attachments to UK police forces. The training has been provided by British universities, RIPA International and Surrey and Gloucestershire constabulary. It does not include formal instruction in human rights law.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs under what scheme study tours for Indonesian police officers are funded; what is the nature of the study involved; and to what extent the study involves the formal instruction in human rights law. [28902]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 15 June 1995]: Study tours for Indonesian police officers are funded from the technical co-operation programme. They develop the trainees' diagnostic skills to analyse management and organisation problems. The study tours do not include formal instruction in human rights law.

Mrs. Clwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what date the Government agreed to fund the police management training project in Indonesia; and on what date the project commenced. [28904]

Mr. Baldry

[holding answer 15 June 1995]: We approved the national police management training project on 22 March 1990 and it began on 16 June 1990. Earlier support for the training of police tutors began in 1983.