§ Mr. Alan SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to his answer of 4 February 1999,Official Report, column 737, how many Indonesian military personnel are currently receiving training in the United Kingdom; at which locations they are stationed; and what is the cost to United Kingdom public funds of that training. [71949]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThere are currently five Indonesian military personnel attending courses at UK military training establishments. One Indonesian Navy officer is at the Joint Services Command and Staff College; another is on the International Principal Warfare Officer course at HMS Dryad, and three Indonesians are on courses at the Royal Military College at Shrivenham as part of a private and commercial initiative organised by Cranfield university. Participation on courses at the Joint Services Command and Staff College and HMS Dryad have been provided from the Defence Military Assistance Fund at a cost of £85,000.
Details of Indonesian military personnel attending courses at non-military UK educational establishments are not the responsibility of my Department. However, based on the information available to us, we understand that a further four Indonesian military personnel are currently attending academic courses at non-military educational establishments in the UK. These students are on the Chevening scholarship programme at a cost of £100,000. Information on the location of those establishments has been withhold under Exemption 4 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.