Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide a list of all NATO Centres of Excellence sponsored by the UK.

The United Kingdom is a sponsoring nation for the following NATO Centres of Excellence (COE):

• Combined Joint Operations from the Sea COE

• Cooperative Cyber Defence COE

• Defence Against Terrorism COE

• Energy Security COE

• Joint Airpower Competence COE

• Joint Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence COE

• Military Engineering COE

• NATO Military Medicine COE

• NATO Strategic Communications COE

• NATO Space COE