Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will estimate the cost of one week's mine clearing training by the Army for 40 members of the Peshmerga; and if he will make a statement.

The Ministry of Defence is considering how it can best support coalition training of Kurdish forces. There are many variables that affect this such as the location, the type of training, the duration, whether force protection is required and the numbers to be trained. Current short term training is being conducted by the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment but this will change as other courses start and end. Therefore, we are still refining aspects of proposed training efforts; the costs of the activity will be available once this work has concluded