Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether training has been provided by the College of Policing to Egypt’s police force in the last five years.

FCDO have provided funding to the College of Policing to deliver three training courses to the Egyptian police since 1 January 2017:

1) CT Security Coordinators Course (2017). Trainers from the UK College of Policing (CoP) delivered a Security Coordinators course to Egyptian police officers in the UK. The course provided training on mitigating and responding to terrorism incidents.

2) Police Command and Communications Training (2018). As part of a programme of CT protective security cooperation, this course provided training on emergency response command and control to Egyptian police in the UK.

3) CT Security Coordinators Course (2019). Trainers from the UK College of Policing (CoP) delivered a Security Coordinators course to Egyptian police officers in the UK. The course provided training on mitigating and responding to terrorism incidents.