§ Lord Astor of Heverasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many overseas personnel, and from which countries, received language training at the Defence School of Languages in each of the past three years. [HL1898]
§ Lord BachThe number of overseas students trained at the Defence School of Languages for the last three years is:
199WA
Financial Year 2001–02 264 2002–03 246 2003–04 281
Country Number of Students 01/02 (FY) 02/03 (FY) 03/04 (FY) Albania 2 2 1 Argentina 1 1 Armenia 2 Austria 1 5 1 Azerbaijan 2 Bahrain 4 8 2 Bangladesh 2 Bolivia 1 Botswana 1 1 Brazil 1 Brunei 8 5 Bulgaria 6 5 6 Chile 2 China 6 4 Croatia 2 2 1 Colombia 1 Czech Republic 13 14 10 Holland 2 Egypt 4 1 4 Estonia 3 3 8 Ethiopia 1 France 33 25 FRY 1 Georgia 3 2 1 Greece 1 Guatemala 1 1 Hungary 7 14 18 Italy 1 Japan 1 1 1 Jordan 1 4 1 Kazakhstan 1 Kenya 1 1 Kuwait 2 3 32 Kyrgystan 1 Latvia 9 9 14 Lithuania 5 7 14 Macedonia 5 6 3 Malawi 1 1 Malaysia 2 3 2 Mauritania 2 Moldova 4 1 Mozambique 1 Nepal 2 3 1 Norway 1 2 Oman 9 4 7 Paraguay 1 Poland 14 5 5 Qatar 1 2 7 Republic of Korea 1 1 1 Romania 9 8 14 Russia 8 5 4 Saudi Arabia 2 2 Senegal 5 1 Serbia & Montenegro 3 Slovakia 6 6 12 Slovenia 6 2 8 Spain 1 1 Sweden 1 22 39 Switzerland 11 5 Syria 1 Tanzania 1 1 1 Thailand 2 1 1 Turkey 32 21 23 UAE 8 6 6 Uganda 1 Ukraine 13 10 10 Uzbekistan 2 Yemen 2 3 Yugoslavia 2 Total Students 264 246 281