§ Mr. Simon ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which overseas countries military personnel were trained in the United Kingdom in(a) 2000 and (b) 2001; and if he will indicate in each case how many personnel were trained. [39517]
§ Mr. IngramDuring 2000, a total of 3,504 overseas military personnel from 106 countries were trained at UK military establishments. In 2001, 3,731 military1648W personnel were trained from 101 countries. A full breakdown of the numbers trained, by country, is as follows:
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Overseas military personnel trained in the UK during 2000 and 2001 Country 1 January to 31 December 2000 1 January to31 December 2001 Albania 7 15 Algeria — 2 Antigua and Barbuda 1 — Argentina 6 13 Australia 84 100 Austria 5 14 Azerbaijan 1 — Bahamas 2 2 Bahrain 29 30 Bangladesh 2 2 Barbados 2 1 Belgium 82 87 Belize 20 25 Bermuda 14 14 Botswana 5 14 Brazil 20 17 Brunei 152 177 Bulgaria 5 6 Canada 273 322 Chile 4 5 China 13 32 Croatia 4 10 Czech Republic 29 27 Denmark 35 27 Ecuador 1 — Egypt 6 16 El Salvador 3 1 Estonia 8 6 Fiji 3 2 Finland 6 11 France 67 59 Gambia 1 1 Georgia 7 5 Germany 115 130 Ghana 3 8 Greece 25 49 Guatemala 5 5 Guyana 2 3 Honduras 1 — Hong Kong 7 4 Hungary 17 28 India 18 15 Ireland 27 56 Israel 43 16 Italy 119 154 Jamaica 22 41 Japan 8 9 Jordan 96 67 Kazakhstan — 1 Kenya 5 8 Korea (South) 9 10 Kuwait 311 307 Latvia 12 14 Lebanon 5 9 Lithuania 11 8 Luxembourg — 1 Macedonia 8 14 Malawi 5 6 Malaysia 27 22 Maldives 1 — Malta 6 2 Mauritius 4 — Moldova 1 2 Morocco 6 6 Mozambique — 5 Namibia 1 — Nepal 14 31 Netherlands 283 253 New Zealand 44 33 Nicaragua 1 —
Overseas military personnel trained in the UK during 2000 and 2001 Country 1 January to 31 December 2000 1 January to 31 December 2001 Nigeria 27 28 Norway 247 205 Oman 186 178 Pakistan 36 49 Papua New Guinea 1 — Paraguay 2 2 Philippines 6 10 Poland 28 25 Portugal 33 34 Qatar 53 66 Romania 16 19 Russia 5 10 Rwanda — 2 Saudi Arabia 47 63 Senegal 15 17 Seychelles 1 — Sierra Leone 3 22 Singapore 131 113 Slovak Republic 16 19 Slovenia 4 8 South Africa 28 19 Spain 17 22 Sri Lanka 70 7 St. Kitts and Nevis 1 — St. Lucia 1 — St. Vincent 1 2 Swaziland 1 1 Sweden 24 27 Switzerland 4 11 Syria — 1 Tajikistan — 1 Tanzania 6 8 Thailand 29 27 Tonga 1 4 Trinidad and Tobago 2 3 Turkey 50 56 Uganda 2 3 Ukraine 26 39 United Arab Emirates 83 95 United States of America 126 163 Uruguay 8 4 Yemen 2 6 Zimbabwe 6 2 Total students 3,504 3,731 Total countries 106 101