Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Collins of Highbury on 5 June (HL6901), whether any minister was informed of the gift of a sports club to the Royal Navy from the King of Bahrain, and if so, which minister and on what date; and whether any minister approved this gift, and if so, which minister and on what date.

We can confirm the Secretary of State for Defence was notified in 2021, of the generous offer for a sports facility to the Royal Navy by His Majesty the King of Bahrain and gave approval. The facility was completed earlier this year in 2025 and remains under full UK operational control and is used solely for the welfare of UK service personnel stationed in Bahrain.