Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to parliamentary question 82179 on China: Armed Forces, for what reasons 58 personnel from the Chinese Armed Forces were provided with training at UK military sites since 2010.

Training has historically been conducted across all three Services with participants from a range of foreign nations. This assists in building understanding, and insight helps break down cultural barriers and establishes relationships that can be useful in the future.

In the past, this has included a small amount of defence activity with China. None of the activity covered sensitive or classified information. No training has been provided since March 2020.