Libya
(asked on 16th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2015 to Question 219665, how many (a) members of the Libyan General Purpose Force, (b) members of the UK training team and (c) Libyan trainees took part in each of the visits listed; and if he will make a statement.
The numbers of training and cultural visits undertaken while the Libyan General Purpose Force (GPF) were training at Bassingbourn is shown in the table below.
Records of visits to a local supermarket were not kept in this format but from 15 August 2014 between 80 and 90 GPF personnel, in groups of around 10 in number were allowed local weekly shopping trips escorted by two members of the UK training team.
Shopping trips to Cambridge were a less regular occurrence and took place between exercises. An estimated 80% of GPF personnel visited Cambridge accompanied by UK training team members on a ratio of 10 to one.
Type of visit/venue | Date | Number of attending GPF personnel | Number of accompanying UK trainers |
Exercise | |||
Stanford Training Area (Norfolk) | 7 August 2014 | 95 | 18 |
10 August 2014 | 31 | 6 | |
11 August 2014 | 82 | 12 | |
14 August 2014 | 83 | 12 | |
27-31 October 2014 | 63 | 18 | |
Salisbury Plain Training Area (Salisbury) | 10 August 2014 | 113 | 18 |
11 August 2014 | 163 | 18 | |
14 August 2014 | 166 | 18 | |
Lydd Ranges (Kent) | 2-9 October 2014 | 238 | 55 |
Longmore Training Camp | 20-24 October 2014 | 239 | 55 |
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (Camberley) | 16 September 2014 | 16 | 10 |
Cultural/Historical | |||
Houses of Parliament | 04 July 2014 | *40 | 10 |
11 July 2014 | *40 | 10 | |
18 July 2014 | *40 | 10 | |
Guards Museum | 15 July 2014 | *30 | 10 |
20 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
29 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
Household Cavalry Museum | 15 July 2014 | *30 | 10 |
20 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
29 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
Downing St | 04 July 2014 | *40 | 10 |
11 July 2014 | *40 | 10 | |
18 July 2014 | *40 | 10 | |
Wellington Barracks | 15 July 2014 | *30 | 10 |
20 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
29 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
Foot Guards Museum | 15 July 2014 | *30 | 10 |
20 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
29 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
Household Cavalry Museum | 15 July 2014 | *30 | 10 |
20 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
29 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
Buckingham Palace | 15 July 2014 | *30 | 10 |
20 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
29 July 2014 | *30 | 10 | |
Duxford Air Museum | 24 September 2014 | *240 | 55 |
* Each number shown represents the maximum number, precise numbers may have varied on the day.