HC Deb 31 January 1991 vol 184 cc638-40W
Mr. Wareing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give a breakdown of the number of places on his Department's training courses allocated to students from foreign and Commonwealth countries, indicating the countries from which these students came, during each of the years 1985 to 1990 inclusive.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The following countries have sent personnel for training at United Kingdom service establishments on at least one occasion during each of the years 1985 to 1990 inclusive.

  • Algeria
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bermuda
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunei
  • Burma
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Congo
  • Cyprus
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • Gambia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Greece
  • Guyana
  • Hong Kong
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • 639
  • Lesotho
  • Luxembourg
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nigeria
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Portugal
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Somalia
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • 640
  • Switzerland
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States of America
  • Uruguay
  • Venezuela
  • Yemen
  • Yugoslavia
  • Zaire
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

The approximate numbers of United Kingdom military training courses attended by overseas students in each financial year from 1985 to 1990 are as follows:

Number
1985–86 5,150
1986–87 5,500
1987–88 4,850
1988–89 5,150
1989–90 4,750

Further specific details about numbers trained are generally confidential between Her Majesty's Government and the Government concerned.