Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the cost is to his Department under each cost heading of training Libyan service personnel in the UK in each year since 2011.

The additional costs of the recent training programme for Libyan Armed Forces personnel is given in the attached table:

The Libyan government has agreed to reimburse the Ministry of Defence for these costs. They have already paid £2.5 million, and we will continue to negotiate with them over paying the balance.

In addition, small numbers of Libyan Armed Forces have been trained in UK staff colleges over the last three years and in Libya by the Defence Advisory Team. These activities cost approximately £0.5 million in financial year (FY) 2012-13 and approximately £1.7 million in FY 2013-14. The forecast for this activity in FY 2014-15 is £0.2 million.