HC Deb 12 May 1981 vol 4 c262W
Mr. Trippier

asked the Secretary of State for Defence which non-North Atlantic Treaty Organisation countries sent students to be trained in Ministry of Defence establishments last year; and who funded the training.

Mr. Pattie

Students from the following non-NATO countries were trained in Ministry of Defence establish-ments during the calendar year 1980Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrein, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Burma, Ecuador, Egypt. Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati (Gilbert Islands), Kuwait. Lebanon, Lesotho, Libya, Malawi, Malaysia, Mauritius, Nepal, New Zealand, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria. Tanzania, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Upper Volta, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Some of this training was funded under the United Kingdom military training assistance scheme which is administered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, but in the main it was paid for by the sending Governments.

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