Loan Services Personnel

HC Deb 05 May 1998 vol 311 cc287-8W

Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to which countries loan services personnel are posted; and if he will list them by service and rank. [40772]

Dr. Reid

The service and rank of loan service personnel is listed for each country in which they are deployed in the table.

Country	Navy	Army	Air Force
Angola	—	1 Lt. Col.	—
Antarctica	—	3 SNCO	—
Antigua	1 Lt. Cdr	—	—
Australia	—	—	4 Flt. Lt.
Barbados	1 Capt.(RM)	—	—
	2 SNCO (RM)	—	—
	1 Cdr.	—	—
	1 Lt. Cdr.	—	—
	4 SNCO	—	—
Bahrain	1Cdr.	—	—
Bermuda	—	1Maj.	—
	—	2 SNCO	—
British Virgin Islands	1 Lt. Cdr.	—	—
	1 SNCO	—	—
Brunei	6 Lt. Cdr.	3 Lt. Col.	6Sqn. Leader.
	6 SNCO	13 Maj.	5Flt. Lt.
	—	2Capt	5 SNCO
	—	14SNCO	—
Latvia	1 Capt.(RM)	1Capt.	—
	2 SNCO (RM)	—	—
Czech Republic	—	—	1 Air Cdre.
Ethiopia	—	1 Lt. Col.	—
Germany	—	—	1 Gp. Capt.
	—	—	3 Wg. Cdr.
	—	—	8 Sqn. Leader.
	—	—	8 Flt. Lt.
	—	—	4 SNCO
Ghana	1 Lt. Col. (RM)	1 Col.	—
	—	1 Lt. Col.	—
	—	1 SNCO	—

Country	Navy	Army	Air Force
Indonesia	—	—	1 Sqn. Leader.
	—	—	1 Flt. Lt.
Italy	—	—	1 Sqn. Leader.
	—	—	1 Flt. Lt.
	—	—	3 SNCO
Kenya	—	1 Lt. Col	—
Kuwait	1 Lt. Col (RM)	1 Brig.	3 Wg. Cdr.
	1 Lt. Cdr.	2 Col.	3 Sqn. Leader.
	—	17 Lt. Col.	3 SNCO
	—	8 Maj.	—
	—	2 Capt.	—
	—	16 SNCO	—
Malaysia	—	—	1 Wg. Cdr.
	—	—	1 Sqn. Leader.
	—	—	1 SNCO
Mauritius	—	1 Lt. Col.	—
Oman	1 Capt. (RM)	1 Maj. Gen.	1 Gp. Capt.
	5 Cdr.	1 Col.	2 Wg. Cdr.
	7 Lt. Cdr.	5 Lt. Col.	8 Sqn. Leader.
	1 Lt.	13 Maj.	3 Flt. Lt.
	4 SNCO	4 Capt.	10 SNCO
	—	28 SNCO	—
Saudi Arabia	2 Lt. Cdr.	1 Brig.	1 Air Msl.
	3 SNCO	1 Col.	1 Air Cdre.
	—	9 Lt. Col.	1 Gp. Capt.
	—	3 Maj.	8Wg. Cdr.
	—	5 SNCO	17 Sqn. Leader
	—	—	24 Flt. Lt.
	—	—	17 SNCO
	—	—	3 NCO
Singapore	—	1 Capt.	—
South Africa	1 Lt. Col. (RM)	1 Brig.	1 Wg. Cdr.
	—	1 Col.	1 Sqn. Leader.
	—	2 Lt. Col.	—
	—	1 SNCO	—
Sri Lanka	—	1 Col.	—
Turks and Caicos Islands	1 Lt. Cdr.	—	1 Sqn. Leader.
	1 SNCO	—	1 SNCO
United Arab Emirates	1 Cdr.	1 Col.	1 Wg. Cdr.
	—	1 Lt. Col.	1 Sqn. Leader.
	—	2 Maj.	2 Flt. Lt.
	—	1 SNCO	1 SNCO
Zimbabwe	—	1 Brig	2 Wg. Cdr.
	—	1 Col.	—
	—	5 Lt. Col.	—
	—	2 SNCO	—

Mr. Soames

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by composition and country the number of training teams currently deployed. [40769]

Dr. Reid

Eight British Military Advisory and Training Teams or Short Term Training Teams are currently deployed. The countries where they are located and the service from which they are drawn are as follows:

Country	Composition
Barbados/Antigua	Navy
Chile	Army/Air Force
Estonia	Army
Ghana	Navy/Army
Kuwait	Navy/Army/Air Force
Latvia	Navy/Army
South Africa	Navy/Army/Air Force
Zimbabwe	Army/Air Force

This does not include individual personnel on loan service outside formal training teams.