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.
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".