HC Deb 21 July 2000 vol 354 cc338-40W
Mr. Alan Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the PFI contracts entered into by his Department, indicating(a) their dates of commencement, (b) their value, (c) if they have been subject to refinancing and (d) if his Department has a clawback entitlement to share in savings arising from refinancing. [129046]

Mr. Spellar

Details of the PFI deals signed by the Ministry of Defence up to 10 July 2000 are shown. To date one of these has involved refinancing. Nine of the contracts have provision for sharing benefits shown in the form of clawback. In other contracts, alternative means of protecting the Department's interests are available.

Mr. Spellar

The numbers of foreign military personnel who have been involved in military training in the UK in the year to 31 March 2000 are listed. This is the latest period for which statistics are available. They include all overseas military personnel trained by UK military personnel, or contracted civilian instructors, on UK military establishments or ships (or Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships). They also include some overseas military personnel studying at academic institutions in the UK.

Country Total
Albania 7
Algeria 11
Antigua 2
Argentina 7
Armenia 1

Country Total
Australia 79
Austria 5
Bahamas 5
Bahrain 21
Bangladesh 5
Barbados 4
Belgium 101
Belize 23
Bermuda 13
Bosnia 30
Botswana 8
Brazil 27
Brunei 168
Bulgaria 10
Canada 361
Cayman Islands 1
Chile 2
China 5
Czech Republic 38
Denmark 28
Egypt 13
El Salvador 3
Estonia 13
Fiji 6
Finland 6
France 154
Georgia 6
Germany 99
Ghana 3
Greece 34
Guatemala 4
Guyana 6
Honduras 1
Hong Kong 2
Hungary 22
Iceland 2
India 9
Indonesia 2
Ireland 68
Israel 49
Italy 78
Jamaica 26
Japan 4
Jordan 81
Kenya 4
Korea 16
Kuwait 480
Latvia 11
Lebanon 5
Lithuania 13
Macedonia 8
Malawi 4
Malaysia 337
Maldives 2
Malta 6
Mauritius 4
Moldova 2
Morocco 5
Namibia 2
Nepal 25
Netherlands 302
New Zealand 54
Nicaragua 1
Nigeria 12
Norway 205
Oman 183
Pakistan 30
Papua New Guinea 2
Paraguay 2
Philippines 4
Poland 31
Portugal 34
Qatar 47
Romania 27

country Total
Russia 6
Saudi Arabia 229
Senegal 7
Sierra Leone 2
Singapore 69
Slovakia 22
Slovenia 11
South Africa 19
Spain 17
Sri Lanka 64
St. Christopher/Nevis 2
St. Lucia 2
St. Vincent 1
Sweden 19
Switzerland 2
Syria 1
Tanzania 2
Thailand 26
Trinidad and Tobago 1
Turkey 52
Uganda 5
Ukraine 27
United Arab Emirates 177
Uruguay 6
USA 154
Venezuela 1
Yemen 3
Zambia 2
Zimbabwe 6
Total 4,446