§ Mr. Tony LloydTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on military training assistance provided to Ghana in the last five years; how many British personnel were involved; and how many Ghanaian(a) military and (b) police officials have visited the United Kingdom for training since 1990. [19840]
§ Mr. SoamesThe United Kingdom has provided a number of small teams of United Kingdom military personnel to carry out training of Ghanaian military512W personnel in the last five years and a team of several British officers has also assisted at the Ghanaian staff college, one of whom remains. Since 1990, several Ghanaian officers have visited the UK for training. Precise details of military assistance are regarded as confidential between Governments. I understand that 10 Ghanaian police officials have visited the UK for training since 1990.