HL Deb 21 February 1985 vol 460 cc803-4WA
Lord Kennet

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will tabulate the British officers on loan to the armed forces of other countries.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces (Lord Trefgarne)

The countries and territories with whose armed forces British loan service and seconded personnel were serving and the numbers of personnel involved, at 31st December 1984, were as follows:

Australia 3 Gambia 4 Oman 186
Bahamas 1 Ghana 4 Qatar 3
Bahrain 7 Hong Kong 10 Saudi Arabia 29
Bangladesh 3 Jordan 2 St. Vincent 3
Barbados 8 Kenya 10 Sudan 2
Belize 14 Kuwait 121 Swaziland 3
Bermuda 5 Lesotho 3 Uganda 13
Brunei 127 Mauritius 2 United Arab Emirates 18
Ecuador 1 New Zealand 4 Emirates 18
Fiji 2 Nigeria 40 Zimbabwe 39