§ Lord Jenkins of Putneyasked Her Majesty's Government:
In how many places are British military forces involved overseas; and in each case which forces and for what specific purpose. [HL1167]
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§ The Minister of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Gilbert)This information is not held centrally, but available records show that, as at 27 March 1998, British forces had deployed overseas in the following places and for the following primary purposes. These figures do not include military staff in British Embassies, High Commissions and NATO headquarters:
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Region Force Primary Purpose Adriatic RN Support to NATO-led Stabilisation Force Antarctica RN Hydrographic Survey Army Argentina Army Training Australia RN Exchange Army RAF Austria RAF Training Baltic States RM Training Army Belgium RN Exchange, Training, Army Movements Control and RAF Air Traffic Control Belize Army Training Brazil RN Training Brunei RN Brunei Garrison, Training Army and Advice RAF Canada RN Exchange, Training Army RAF Chile RN Attending Airshow and Army Training RAF Cyprus Army Garrison of the Sovereign RAF Base Areas and UN Joint Service Operations Czech Republic RAF Advice Denmark RN Exchange RAF Diego Garcia RN Administration of Naval Facility Ethiopia RAF Advice Falkland Islands RN Falkland Islands Garrison Army RAF Joint Service Finland Army Equipment Trials France RN Liaison, Training Army RAF Former Yugoslavia RN/RM British contribution to Army NATO-led Stabilisation RAF Force Georgia Army UN Operations Germany RN Stationed Forces, Exchange, Army Training RAF Ghana RM Training and Advice Army Gibraltar RN Gibraltar Garrison Army RAF Joint Service
Region Force Primary Purpose Gulf Region (Including Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE) RN Army RAF Joint Service Operations, Training and Advice Greece RN In transit RAF India Army Training Air Force Indonesia RAF Training and Advice Italy RN Training, Exchange and Army Operations RAF Kenya Army Exercises Malaysia RN HQ Five Powers Defence RAF Arrangement Mozambique Army Training Nepal Army Recruitment, Administration and Welfare Netherlands RN Exchange RAF New Zealand RN Exchange RAF Norway RN/RM Exchange, Training Army RAF Pakistan RAF Exchange Portugal RN Port call, Training Army Republic of Ireland RAF Examinations Romania Army Training Singapore RN Administration of Naval Facilities South Africa RN Training and Advice Army RAF Spain RN Visits, Training Army RAF Sri Lanka Army Training Sweden RN Training Army RAf Switzerland RN Training Turkey Army Operations RAF USA RN Training, Exchange Army Air Force West Indies RN Training, Advice and RM Guardship Duties RAF Zimbabwe Army Training and Advice RAF Details of certain deployments could, if disclosed, cause harm to defence, security and international relations, and I am therefore withholding certain details under exemption 1 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.