§ Mr. Jon Owen JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the projects or schemes under which the Overseas Development Agency has given funding to countries to finance training of their police officers(a) in the UK or (b) in their home countries. [29041]
§ Mr. HanleyAssistance for police training under the aid programme is financed through the ODA's country aid programmes, whether the training takes place in the UK or in the trainee's home country.
386WCountries who received aid for in-country training from ODA under country aid programmes in 1994 and 1995 were:
- 1994
- Albania
- Anguilla
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- British Virgin Islands
- Bulgaria
- Cayman Islands
- Czech Republic
- Gambia
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Jamaica
- Lesotho
- Maldives
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- St. Helena
- Sierra Leone
- Slovak Republic
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Swaziland
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- 1995
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Bangladesh
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Cayman Islands
- Czech Republic
- Hungary
- India
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Malawi
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Authority
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
387 - St. Helena
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Slovak Republic
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Swaziland
- Uganda
Countries receiving police training in the UK in 1994 and 1995 under country aid programmes were listed in the answer given to the hon. Member on 28 February, Official Report, column 546.
It would involve a disproportionate cost to collect this information for earlier years or by projects.