Military Aid

(asked on 20th October 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) training foreign military officers in the UK, (b) training foreign military officers overseas and (c) providing logistical support for foreign militaries in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014, (vi) 2015 and (vii) 2016.


This question was answered on 30th October 2017

The Defence Assistance Fund supports a variety of training and education for international officials and military personnel of all ranks in pursuit of UK defence engagement objectives. This training is provided in the UK and, to a much lesser extent, overseas. This breaks down as follows:

UK based training and educationin £ millions:

2010 - £12.865

2011 - £11.823

2012 - £11.922

2013 - £15.425

2014 - £16.421

2015 - £21.010

2016 - £26.940

Overseas training and education in £ millions:

2010 - £0.231

2011 - £0.204

2012 - £0.405

2013 - £0.210

2014 - £0.137

2015 - £0.148

2016 - £0.380

I am unable to answer the third part of your question without a more precise definition of the term "Logistical Support".

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