HC Deb 19 October 1989 vol 158 cc252-3W
Mr. Sillars

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the countries to which service personnel were on loan service in 1987–88, showing numbers and ranks of personnel.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

During 1987 and 1988 British service personnel served on loan to the following countries:

  • Australia
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Brunei
  • Dominica
  • Fiji
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Hong Kong
  • Indonesia
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
    • 253
  • Kuwait
  • Lesotho
  • Malaysia
  • Mauritius
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent
  • Singapore
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Zimbabwe1

1 Since January 1986 a wing of the British military advisory and training team has been specifically allocated to train Mozambican troops in Zimbabwe.

Information on the numbers and ranks of loan service personnel is confidential between Her Majesty's Government and the Governments of the countries concerned.