HC Deb 21 May 1998 vol 312 cc520-2W
Dr. Tonge

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the support currently provided by his Department for(a) police and (b) military forces, broken down by country. [40613]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

FCO support for the police and the military in FY 1997/98 under the United Kingdom Military Training Assistance Scheme (UKMTAS) and through other programme budgets is as listed. The list shows support for personnel of other countries attending training courses in the UK and countries to which UK training teams or loan service personnel were deployed.

For 1998/99, the UKMTAS programme has been replaced by Assistance to Support Stability with In-Service Training (ASSIST), on which I refer the hon. Member to the written answer I gave to my hon. Friend Member for Chorley (Mr. Hoyle) on 26 March 1998, Official Report, columns 235–36.

1997/98 FCO spending in support of the police
Country £
Albania 750,000
Anguilla 2,245
Antigua 8,614
Bahamas 2,617
Bangladesh 6,483
Barbados 18,016
Belize 12,161
Bosnia 9,627
Botswana 41,457
British Virgin Islands 1,604
Bulgaria 9,589
Chile 43,555
China 13,379
Colombia 42,240
Costa Rica 14,448
Croatia 91
Cyprus 37,449
Czech Republic 3,950
Estonia 400
Fiji 26,181
Ghana 4,953
Gibraltar 86,451
Grenada 7,386
Guyana 121
Hungary 1,319
India 21,948
Jamaica 10,860
Kenya 1,604
Lebanon 25,644
Lesotho 14,445
Malaysia 7,717
Malta 11,196

1997/98 FCO spending in support of the police
Country £
Mauritius 15,536
Mongolia 715
Montserrat 2,180
Morocco 23,120
Mozambique 502
Namibia 1,604
Pakistan 2,949
Papua New Guinea 28,089
Paraguay 27,267
Peru 4,255
Philippines 43,258
Poland 7,860
St. Kitts 1,604
St. Vincent 1,604
Seychelles 8,774
Sierra Leone 3,426
Singapore 6,698
Solomon Islands 17,851
South Africa 25,209
Sri Lanka 11,251
Tanzania 6,870
Trinidad 18,449
Turks and Caicos Islands 8,212
Uganda 22,461
Uruguay 16,170
Vanuatu 14,236
Zambia 14,153
Zimbabwe 7,902

1997/98: FCO spending in support of the military
Country £
Angola 207,650
Antigua 34,409
Argentina 18,344
Bahamas 52,528
Bangladesh 268,090
Barbados + BMATT E. Caribbean1 1,145,316
Belarus 26,170
Belize + BELDA2 665,365
Botswana 176,174
Brazil 36,438
British Virgin Islands 236,122
Bulgaria 89,541
Chile 41,365
China 52,353
Colombia 719,814
Costa Rica 1,276
Croatia 2,351
Czech Republic 222,961
Ecuador 5,188
Egypt 56,186
El Salvador 1,324
Estonia 16,232
Ethiopia 115,488
Fiji 107,104
Ghana 1,100,497
Georgia 61,741
Grenada 28,681
Guatemala 97,200
Guyana 96,647
Honduras 734
Hungary 341,016
India 306,416
Indonesia 225,612
Ireland 180,907
Israel 1,302
Jamaica 218,757
Jordan 329,425
Kazakhstan 904
Kenya 157,108

1997/98: FCO spending in support of the military
Country £
Latvia 86,954
Lebanon 30,880
Lesotho 31,998
Lithuania 63,259
Macedonia 34,894
Malawi 186,011
Malaysia 373,796
Malta 80,032
Mauritius 212,339
Moldova 21,259
Montserrat 567
Morocco 84,211
Mozambique 93,410
Namibia 216,182
Nepal 98,364
Pakistan 826,730
Papua New Guinea 49,432
Paraguay 37,309
Philippines 74,075
Poland 336,323
Romania 149,335
Russia 33,544
Senegal 14,661
Seychelles 47,990
Sierra Leone 114,523
Singapore 47,140
Slovakia 147,374
Slovenia 110,175
South Africa 1,369,126
Sri Lanka 90,216
St. Lucia 7,839
St. Vincent 2,725
Tanzania 118,592
Thailand 268,249
Trinidad and Tobago 117,331
Turks and Caicos Islands 279,963
Uganda 2,462
Ukraine 358,814
Uruguay 33,571
Yemen 18,331
Zambia 25,736
Zimbabwe inc. MBATT 2,235,784
1 BMATT = British Military Assistance and Training Team
2 BELDA = Belize Defence Assistance

1997/98: Contributions to international organisations
£
UN International Police Task Force (Bosnia) 2,200,000
UN Trust Fund for the Police Assistance Programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,000,000
EU Caribbean Drugs Initiative 430,000
South Pacific Police Adviser's Budget 51,710

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