HC Deb 31 October 1996 vol 284 cc194-5W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the countries in which there is a United Kingdom military presence. [1478]

Mr. Soames

British service personnel are currently providing a UK military presence either on operations or at permanent bases in the following countries:

  • Ascension Island
  • Belize
  • Bosnia-Herzegovina
  • Brunei
  • Canada
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Diego Garcia
  • Falkland Islands
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Gibraltar
  • Hong Kong
  • Italy
  • Kuwait
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Georgia
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom

This list does not include countries where loan service personnel and training teams are based, where short-term training exercises are being conducted and where there are minor commitments involving individual service men and women.