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.