HL Deb 31 July 1997 vol 582 cc77-80WA
Lord Avebury

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether they will publish a list of the countries to which the United Kingdom gave bilateral aid in the form of training of police or military training respectively, giving in each case the cost in 1996–96 and 1996–97.

Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean

New commitments in 1995–96 and 1996–97 of development aid for policing are listed below. They include commitments of £100,000 or more; smaller commitments are not recorded centrally. The objectives of the projects that were approved include the strengthening of strategic planning, management and training capacity, the reorientation of police services to community policing, equality of opportunity, the development of anti-drugs, fraud and corruption programmes, and strengthening of communications and record keeping.

Country Commitments 1995–96 (£000) 1996–97
Botswana 250
Ethiopia 2,394
Lesotho 300 330
Malawi 128 682
Rwanda 357
South Africa 1,350 7,196
Uganda 215
Zambia 696 172
Zimbabwe 364 6,438
British Virgin Islands 140
Montserrat 100 190
St. Kitts-Nevis 967
Asia Regional1 366
China 1,000
West Bank/Gaza 110
Hungary 128
Poland 103 130
1 Anti drugs enforcement in east Asia.

The following countries have received military or associated police training sponsored by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK Military Training Assistance Scheme since 1995–96:

  • Albania
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antigua
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belize
  • Bosnia
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • British Virgin Islands
  • Bulgaria
  • Cameroon
  • Cayman Islands
  • Chile
  • China
  • Costa Rica
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Dominica
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Fiji
  • Georgia
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  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
  • Honduras
  • Hungary
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Macedonia
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Malta
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Moldova
  • Mongolia
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Pakistan
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • St.Kitts
  • St.Lucia
  • St.Vincent
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
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  • Sri Lanka
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Trinidad
  • Turks & Caicos
  • Turkmenistan
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • Vanuatu
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Estimated costs of the scheme were £17 million in 1995–96 and £16 million in 1996–97.

In addition, the Ministry of Defence subsidises military assistance provided to foreign governments when necessary to meet defence objectives.