§ Sir R. Russellasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many students are given military training each year from certain foreign and Commonwealth countries under subhead D1 of the Foreign and Commonwealth Services Vote, and what is his estimate of the total number of students from each country who have benefitted from this scheme since it started.
§ Mr. KershawApproximately 750 students are given military training in the United Kingdom each year under subhead Dl of the Foreign and Commonwealth Services Vote.
Since 1968 when the Foreign and Commonwealth Office came into being some 2,264 students have received training from the countries listed in paragraph 2 of my reply given to my hon. Friend on 27th April. Details have been regarded as confidential between Her Majesty's Government and the countries concerned. But the main recipients have been the new Commonwealth countries with whom our defence links have remained strong.
Figures prior to 1968 are not readily available and it is regretted that the cost of providing them would not be considered justified.—[Vol. 818, c. 90–1.]