Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if she will carry out an assessment of the effectiveness of training given to the Cameroon Bataillon d'Intervention Rapide by the UK.

The UK military team providing capacity building for the Battalion d'Intervention Rapide (BIR) regularly assess the effectiveness of the training provided. Their assessment is that the BIR is a credible and effective partner force, having a positive effect on containing the spread of violent extremism in the Lake Chad Basin. A CSSF team visited Cameroon in November 2021 to evaluate the effectiveness of the military assistance provided to the BIR and they concluded that the training provided is effective.