Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) total and (b) set up costs of the Libyan training mission at Bassingbourn base were; what payments have been made by the Libyan government to cover (i) activation costs, (ii) flights, (iii) repairs, (iv) training, (v) facilities management and catering, (vi) infrastructure inventory and consumable items, (vii) personal costs, (viii) policing and (ix) transport; and if he will make a statement.

The total costs to the Ministry of Defence of the Libyan training at Bassingbourn in 2014 was £14 million for the training delivered between April and September 2014 and £3 million for the reactivation of Bassingbourn Camp.

£2.48 million was received from the Libyan government for the reactivation of Bassingbourn. £65,000 was received for the payment of allowances to the trainees and a total of £195,500 was received for the cost of commercial and charter flights to return the trainees at the end of the training.